From the author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2015) comes an extraordinary new book that explores the future of the human species.
Yuval Noah Harari, author of the bestselling Sapiens, envisions a not-too-distant world in which we face a new set of challenges. In Homo Deus, he examines our future with his trademark blend of science, history, philosophy and every discipline in between.
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.
War is obsolete
- You are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflict
Famine is disappearing
- You are at more risk of obesity than starvation
Death is just a technical problem
- Equality is out – but immortality is in
What does our future hold?
About the author
Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Department of History, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in World History. 65,000 people have taken his online course, "A Brief History of Humankind"
and Sapiens is a huge bestseller in Israel and is being published in more than 20 languages worldwide. In 2012, Harari was awarded the annual Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality
in the Humanistic Disciplines.
From the author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2015) comes an extraordinary new book that explores the future of the human species.
Yuval Noah Harari, author of the bestselling Sapiens, envisions a not-too-distant world in which we face a new set of challenges. In Homo Deus, he examines our future with his trademark blend of science, history, philosophy and every discipline in between.
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.
War is obsolete
- You are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflict
Famine is disappearing
- You are at more risk of obesity than starvation
Death is just a technical problem
- Equality is out – but immortality is in
What does our future hold?
About the author
Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Department of History, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in World History. 65,000 people have taken his online course, "A Brief History of Humankind"
and Sapiens is a huge bestseller in Israel and is being published in more than 20 languages worldwide. In 2012, Harari was awarded the annual Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality
in the Humanistic Disciplines.