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Homo Deus : a Brief History of Tomorrow /Yuval N Harari

By: Yuval N HarariContributor(s): Yuval N HarariMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: Brijwasi Book Distributors | ;H-87,Lalita Park ,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092Publication details: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers , 2017Description: 449 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmISBN: 9781784703936Genre/Form: HistoryDDC classification: 909.83 HAR

Contents:

I. HOMO SAPIENS CONQUERS THE WORLD -- The Anthropocene -- The human spark -- II. HOMO SAPIENS GIVES MEANING TO THE WORLD -- The storytellers -- The odd couple -- The modern covenant -- The humanist revolution -- III. HOMO SAPIENS LOSES CONTROL -- The time bomb in the laboratory -- The great decoupling -- The ocean of consciousness -- The data religion.

Summary: "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 for 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."--Publisher's Web site.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	SNU LIBRARY	909.83 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out to CHANCHALI SHIVA KUMAR (2010110201)	09/05/2024 00:00	25041
Books	SNU LIBRARY	909.83 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		25044

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I. HOMO SAPIENS CONQUERS THE WORLD --
The Anthropocene --
The human spark --
II. HOMO SAPIENS GIVES MEANING TO THE WORLD --
The storytellers --
The odd couple --
The modern covenant --
The humanist revolution --
III. HOMO SAPIENS LOSES CONTROL --
The time bomb in the laboratory --
The great decoupling --
The ocean of consciousness --
The data religion.

"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 for 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."--Publisher's Web site.

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