The Book of Homo Deus: Behind the Scenes of the Future

Yuval Noah Harari, a professor at the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in his book “Homo Deus” raises philosophical questions, analyzes the experiences that humanity has gained during its development, and delves into our emotions and consciousness. The author offers a sketch of the future of humanity, which is quite real and not necessarily rosy. Let's say people have always wanted to overcome old age and poverty and compare with the gods. But to do this they must gain control over their own biological basis. If one day death and pain disappear from our lives, and the reasons to hope for this are not so unrealistic, we will be able to double our life expectancy or live as long as we like... Various devices with artificial intelligence are already coming to our aid. But are we sure that computers do not have any sensations or desires? And if they don’t have them now, then maybe, when it becomes much more difficult, they will be able to develop their own consciousness? If this happens, how will we know about it? And the main question is what will social relations be like? Won't a simple person become a slave to artificially created and eternally living beings with an incomprehensible consciousness? Yuval Harari does not give answers in this book, but invites the reader to look for them himself. Feel the breath of a new era now!

Publisher: BookChef
ISBN 978-617-7559-40-4
Number of pages: 544
Binding: Hardcover