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A review by giorgiawessels
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Another thought-provoking book from Harari! I absolutely adored ‘Homo Sapiens’ - I personally found it more interesting than ‘Homo Deus’ as I’m not as interested in AI, algorithms, economic growth and politics as much as I should be perhaps, but I still wanted to know what he might speculate about the future.
I did very much enjoy reading how he dissects religion (how it came to be, why people keep believing, the difference between religion and a spiritual journey), plagues, famines, wars, modern threats to human life, how productivity doesn’t necessarily equal satisfaction, mental health and how we treat animals (and perhaps how future, upgraded humans may treat the homo sapiens that we know today).
I found that he was also much more light-hearted (at least in the beginning of the book) than he was in ‘Homo Sapiens’ which I appreciated, but in the same breath, towards the end of the book the vibes did become a little depressing (especially in the terms of global warming and the possible fate of modern humans), but he also does state multiple times that the book is not a prophecy but potential future possibilities.
Nevertheless, would recommend giving it a read and I’m glad I did!
I did very much enjoy reading how he dissects religion (how it came to be, why people keep believing, the difference between religion and a spiritual journey), plagues, famines, wars, modern threats to human life, how productivity doesn’t necessarily equal satisfaction, mental health and how we treat animals (and perhaps how future, upgraded humans may treat the homo sapiens that we know today).
I found that he was also much more light-hearted (at least in the beginning of the book) than he was in ‘Homo Sapiens’ which I appreciated, but in the same breath, towards the end of the book the vibes did become a little depressing (especially in the terms of global warming and the possible fate of modern humans), but he also does state multiple times that the book is not a prophecy but potential future possibilities.
Nevertheless, would recommend giving it a read and I’m glad I did!