作者：YuvalNoahHarari
出版社：HarvillSecker
副标题：ABriefHistoryofTomorrow
出版年：2016-9-8
页数：448
定价：GBP14.99
装帧：Paperback
ISBN：9781910701881
内容简介
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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.
作者简介
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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.
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写历史水平的高低在于能否对同一历史事件的多角度观察。
如前作般，用普通题材构建庞大的思想，赫拉利的未来接近美丽新世界。人类永不满足，过去争夺土地与能源，未来则争夺进化与永生。人类对待其他物种的方式，也许预示神人将如何对待普通人类。未来没有疾病，饥荒与战争，没有未知，没有重复的体脑劳动，甚至没有痛苦，永生成为现实，神人与数据成为新的上帝与宗教。人类能否由此获得更多的幸福？也许整体可能，个体未必。吊诡之处在，每当人类自认无所不知，无所不能，事后就被证明是…
看过homo sapeisns或没时间的话可以直接看第三章，脑洞蛮大的。当然，还是没改稍嫌啰嗦的毛病……
想起Coursera一门耶鲁开的美国宪法课上教授说到，率先给予女性选举权的是西部的怀俄明和犹他州，因为男女人口差距悬殊，目的是吸引女性前来定居。人权当然是靠争取来的，但它并不天生正确，而是因为有需要。哲学推理不能证明人人生而平等，之所以认可是因为权衡之后还是这样比较好。古时未必没有诞生过人文主义者，只是没有发展的土壤。事情会发生是因为可以，不是因为正确，如果人类可以被抛弃，为什么不？会有新的理论来…
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