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Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow / Yuval Noah Harari ; [translated by the author].
"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 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?" -- provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062464316
- ISBN: 0062464310
- Physical Description: 449 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Previously published in Great Britain in 2016 by Harville Secker, a division of Penguin Random House Group Ltd. First published as The History of Tomorrow, in Hebrew in Israel, in 2015 by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir."--Title-page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-430) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The new human agenda -- Homo sapiens conquers the world. The Anthropocene ; The human spark -- Homo sapiens gives meaning to the world. The storytellers ; The odd couple ; The modern covenant ; The humanist revolution -- Homo sapiens loses control. The time bomb in the laboratory ; The great decoupling ; The ocean of consciousness ; The data religion. |
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| Subject: | Civilization, Modern > 21st century. Technology and civilization. Science and civilization. Technological forecasting. Human beings > History. |
Available copies
- 9 of 9 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.
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- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood River County Library | 909.83 HAR 2017 (Text) | 33892100437624 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"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 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?"
