Homo Deus

Prof. Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in world history. His books have been translated into 50+ languages, with 12+ million copies sold worldwide. 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind' (2014) looked deep into our past, 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow' (2016) considered far-future scenarios, and '21 Lessons for the 21st Century' (2018) zoomed in on the biggest questions of the present moment.

出版者:Harvill Secker

作者:Yuval Noah Harari

页数:448

出版时间:2016-9-8

价格:GBP 14.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781910701881

图书标签:历史社会科学英文原版未来Yuval_HarariFuture社会思想

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.

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 McDonalds 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? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus.

With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.

读后感

來生必做機械人－－哈拉瑞的《神人》 | 郭梓祺 | 評台 郭梓祺 剛看了美劇《Westworld》開頭，未來的人建立了一個美國西部主題公園，特別的是裡頭的居民，都是人工智能造出來的機械人，栩栩如真人，每天有不同故事線，讓付錢進來的客人，滿足各種姦淫虜拐或者做英雄等欲望。晚...

最近的中国中青年一代，内心那个叫苦，那个焦灼，以至于我刷朋友圈，感觉在看反乌托邦小说连载： 据说，三十来岁就可能失业了 貌似，创业十来年，还可能入坑“净身出户” 眼前的，居住的城市雾霾严重 近期的，卧槽，房价又TMD彪了，何处安放俺们的青春 进一步要考虑的，有房了...  

耶路撒冷希伯来大学历史系教授尤瓦尔·赫拉利近几年写了两本现象级畅销书，一本是探讨人类历史的《人类简史》，一本是远眺人类未来的《未来简史》，这位刚过四十岁、西装笔挺的年轻学者，一直拒绝使用智能手机。为什么？这成了他日前在上海“主动进化·造就未来大会”被媒体记...  

这本书中的一个章节，很细致的描述了现代社会做决定的根本出发点：personal feelings. 为了说明这个问题，书中举了个例子，用欧洲中世纪社会、作为一个和现代社会很不同的运行方式，来做对比。比如：有一位已婚女性出轨。 在中世纪的时候，她会去教堂，找牧师，先跟牧师坦白：...  

与Richard Dawkins和Jared Diamond两位科学家不同，作者虽然思想自由驰骋，想象丰富，但却有失严谨。比如： 关于决策模式：作者用狒狒躲狮子吃香蕉为例，来说明决策过程是一个算法（algorithms）。这和经济学里把人假设为理性人，把人的决策过程比作一个在输入所有变量后的优化...  

用户评价

真的好啰嗦。。没有sapiens写的满，感觉疯狂灌水。

强烈推荐，确实如作者所说，这只是对未来的猜测，不过这样的未来正在发生。新一轮的革命属于算法。问问自己，人和机器人相比，未来还具备什么优势？-1400+

前面部分真是有点啰嗦了，作者属于举例子狂人，幸好最后一部分提出了几个挺有意思的观点补回票价，总体是推荐的。

机场读物鸡头（complexity wise) 。什么都说了一点，什么也没说。大概是一种，here are some interesting facts, what do you think? 的读物。

一瓶高浓度的心灵硫酸