Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow By Yuval Noah Harari Genre: Nonfiction / History / Philosophy / Science Publication Year: 2015 My Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Spoiler Preference: Spoiler-Free When Humanity Becomes Its Own Greatest Question Some books ask us to look backward in order to understand who we are. Others ask us to look forward and consider who we might become. Homo Deus belongs firmly in the second category, though it cannot resist revisiting the past along the way. Reading this book felt like sitting in a coffee shop with an exceptionally brilliant, occasionally provocative, and sometimes frustrating conversation partner. Every few pages, Yuval Noah Harari offers an observation so surprising or unsettling that I found myself pausing, staring into my coffee, and wondering whether I agreed with him at all. That, ultimately, is one of the book's greatest strengths. Whether Harari's predictions prove accurate is almost beside the point. He compels readers to grap...