Y. Harari - Sapiens and Homo Deus (Hardcover)

Sapiens. A Brief History of Humanity. Collector's edition signed by the author

One hundred thousand years ago, Homo sapiens was one of at least six species of humans that lived on this planet - an unremarkable animal that played no greater role in the ecosystem than gorillas and fireflies or jellyfish.

But about seventy thousand years ago, a mysterious change in the cognitive abilities of Homo sapiens turned him into a master of the planet and an ecosystem nightmare.

How did Homo sapiens manage to conquer the world? What happened to other human species? When and why did money, states and religion appear? How did empires rise and fall? Why did almost all societies place women lower than men? How did science and capitalism become the dominant beliefs of the modern era? Have people become happier over time? What future awaits us?

Homo Deus. A brief history of the future. Color collector's edition

In his first book, which became a worldwide sensation, “Sapiens. A Brief History of Humanity,” Yuval Harari told how Homo sapiens came to dominate our planet. "Homo Deus" is a kind of continuation of the theme - it is an attempt to look into the future.

What happens when Google and Facebook know our tastes, personal preferences and political preferences better than we do? What will billions of people do, displaced by computers from the labor market and creating a new, useless class? How will religions perceive genetic engineering? What will be the consequences of the transfer of powers and competencies from living people to network algorithms? What should a person do to protect the planet from his own destructive force?..

The main thing now, Harari believes, is to realize that we are at a crossroads, and to understand where the paths stretching before us lead. We cannot stop the course of history, but we can choose the direction of movement.