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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (original 2017; edition 2018)

by Yuval Noah Harari (Author)

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Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style--thorough, yet riveting--famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda. What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century--from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus. With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.… (more)
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Un altro libro eccezionale, vale la pena di essere letto, anche se mi ha fatto venire un po' d'ansia soprattutto nella prima parte (ma gli animali hanno sentimenti? Provano dolore?) e nell'ultima (con 'Internet di tutte le cose').
"Al culmine dell’imperialismo europeo, i conquistatori e i mercanti compravano intere isole e paesi in cambio di perline colorate. Nel XXI secolo è probabile che i nostri dati personali siano la risorsa di maggior valore che la maggior parte degli umani avrà ancora da offrire, e noi la stiamo cedendo ai giganti tecnologici in cambio di servizi e-mail e divertenti video con i gattini." ( )
  fabidemar | Dec 26, 2024 |
Слабостта на предишната книга на автора, относно историята на човечеството и други неща беше, че съдържаше прекалено много от личните му размишления по този и други въпроси. Силата на настоящата книга е точно, че съдържа размишленията му по разни въпроси и главно и ултимативно - какво ще се случи с човечеството като общество, политическа система и съзнание от тук нататък.

А "от тук" е много важно, защото даже да не го осъзнавате, в момента живеем в някакъв втори Ренесанс, само че случващ се със скоростта на светлината в сравнение с първия - информационните технологии ни позволиха едва за две -три десетилетия да изградим несъизмерима с нищо в историята ни както по мащаби, така и като възможности мрежа за създаване, събиране, обмен и анализ на информация. И темпът на нарастване на възможностите ни да правим всички тия неща с информацията нараства не линейно, а геометрично.

Тези промени в начина ни на работа с информация вече коренно успяха да променят банковото дело, търговията, медиите и съобщенията, а според автора само въпрос на малко време е да започнат да променят из основи както политиката, така и самото общество, а след малко повече време - и самите хора и тяхното съзнание.

Освен, че на две страници съдържа най-елегантното обяснение на това що е капитализъм и тоталитаризъм през призмата на разпространение и обработка на информацията, книгата задава и се опитва да отговори на някои въпроси, над които като цяло научната фантастика през миналия век също се е потрудила доста: какво ще се случи с икономиката, когато вече няма да са нужни в голяма степен нито човешка сила (има роботи), нито човешко знание (има ИИ или даже само сложни алгоритми) за производството и услугите; какво ще се случи със виждането ни за свободна воля и следващите от него хуманизъм и либерализъм, когато алгоритмите започнат да познават хората по-добре, отколкото самите хора се познават; какво ще стане с политиката, управлението и изборите, когато фейсбук и гугъл могат (всъщност вече могат, ако искат) да предвидят как ще гласува всеки отделен човек даже още преди самият той да е решил?

Ювал Ноа Харари почва отдалеч обясненията си и по-голямата част от разсъжденията му могат да ви се сторят отвлечени и излишни за темата (както се сториха на мен докато я четях), но всъщност са свързани с финалните изводи, които той прави и в последните две глави наистина си идва на мястото всичко, което казва преди това. ( )
  Longanlon | Nov 19, 2024 |
Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams, and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century - from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental question: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our destructive powers? ( )
  Rasaily | Oct 16, 2024 |
Outstanding!! ( )
  man_hegde | Sep 28, 2024 |
I'm going to repeat an opinion already written here. Harari is a fantastic historian - he is, but this book is not about history, it pretends to be scientific book, more important about possible future evolution of science, and about history of science. And unfortunately in bigger part of it, it is not - it's full of speculations, and one can find there few fringe theories, of course interspersed with scientific jargon, but just interspersed.
What's the reason to critisise Darwinism by asking vague questions about teleology in biology? Why claim that intelligence is separated from consciousness, if it's recognized as part of it? Sometimes I had a feeling that it was just a figure of spewch, used to create tension in the plot, add kind of dramatic structure, but if so why there is no warning that you are buying SF book. Actually it could help, by saving it from criticism of redundancy, inaccurateness or misguiding. ( )
  Yorick_Ka | Aug 30, 2024 |
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(p 76) ... To understand all this we need to go back and investigate who Homo Sapiens really is, how humanism became the dominant world religion and why attempting to fulfil the humanist dream is likely to cause its disintegration. This is the basic plan of the book.
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(p 153) Humans nowadays completely dominate the planet not because the individual human is far smarter and more nimble-fingered than the individual chimp or wolf, but because Homo Sapiens is the only species on earth capable of cooperating flexibly in large numbers. Intelligence and toolmaking were obviously very important as well. But if humans had not learned to cooperate flexibly in large numbers, our crafty brains and deft hands would still be splitting flint stones rather than uranium atoms.
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(p 253) In a capitalist world the lives of the poor improve only when the economy grows. Hence they are unlikely to support any steps to reduce future ecological threats that are based on slowing down present-day economic growth. Protecting the environment is a very nice idea, but those who cannot pay their rent are worried about their overdraft far more than about melting ice caps.
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Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style--thorough, yet riveting--famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda. What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century--from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus. With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.

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The new human agenda -- Homo sapiens conquers the world. The Anthropocene ; The human spark -- Homo sapiens gives meaning to the world. The storytellers ; The odd couple ; The modern covenant ; The humanist revolution -- Homo sapiens loses control. The time bomb in the laboratory ; The great decoupling ; The ocean of consciousness ; The data religion.
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