Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. NEW YORK
TIMES BESTSELLER 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.