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    A Joosr Guide to... Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari: A Brief History of Tomorrow
    A Joosr Guide to... Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari: A Brief History of Tomorrow
    A Joosr Guide to... Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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    A Joosr Guide to... Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari: A Brief History of Tomorrow

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    We stand on the brink of technological advancements that could change everything we know about human life. But will this make us superhuman, as many hope, or could our drive for progress actually lead to our own destruction?

    Yuval Noah Harari believes it could go either way: our ever-growing scientific knowledge certainly has the potential to give us incredible, even "godlike" abilities, but in striving for this, we might come close to losing the very things that make us human. Homo Deus examines both the risks and the potential rewards of this journey and offers compelling visions of humanity's possible futures.

    You will learn:

    ·How technology has helped us overcome many of the obstacles that have traditionally threatened human life

    ·How "curing" death might be humanity's next big challenge

    ·How our efforts to technologically enhance our lives might render human beings obsolete.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoosr
    Release dateNov 14, 2016
    ISBN9781785675065
    A Joosr Guide to... Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari: A Brief History of Tomorrow

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      What’s it about?

      Humanity has long been characterized by a drive to seek out new knowledge and new capabilities. But now we’re producing technology that may allow us to realize many of our wildest dreams. So, what exactly will we be able to achieve if we continue on our present course, and what risks could these advances entail?

      In Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari addresses these questions and offers us an insight into an extremely significant stage in human history, one that could see every aspect of our societies, our identities, and our entire lives drastically remodeled. Having reached a stage where our scientific knowledge and technological innovation allows us to move beyond the factors that have traditionally limited or threatened human life, we remain driven to go further, and overcome bigger and bigger obstacles. And this quest may well drive us to re-engineer our minds, enhance our bodies with technology, and allow computers and algorithms ever more influence on our lives, all in the hope of one day giving ourselves superhuman—even godlike—abilities.

      The results of this could be spectacular, and we already stand on the cusp of some truly revolutionary advancements. But they also carry profound risks. In fact, the technological know-how that helps us

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