Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow
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New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017].
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Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
449 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Oliver La Farge - Adult
909.83 Har
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909.83 Har
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"First published as The History of Tomorrow in Hebrew in Israel in 2015 by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir. Previously published in Great Britain in 2016 by Harville Secker, a division of Penguin Random House Group Ltd."--Title page verso.
General Note
Translation of: ha-Hisṭoryah shel ha-maḥar. 2015.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-430) and index.
Description
Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. 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 McDonald's 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?
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