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Various Retailers have Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (eBook) for $1.99.

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  • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
  • Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.
  • 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.

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Various Retailers have Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (eBook) for $1.99.

Thanks to Deal Editor powerfuldoppler for posting this deal.

Available from:Book Synopsis:
  • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
  • Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.
  • 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.

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $15 lower (88.3% savings) than the $16.99 digital list price. -StrawMan86
  • About this product:
    • 4.6 out of 5 stars rating at Amazon based on over 16,700 customer reviews
  • About this store:

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OrangeApple771
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I liked Sapiens more but this was interesting too. The slickest deal would be to read on Libby or borrow from the library.
savethelinoleum
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books, talks, interviews > comments on SD
MattB6434
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Trash. Not sure why this guy gets so much hype. I was gifted this book and i tossed it half way through.

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Nov 13, 2022 05:26 PM
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NeoSlickNov 13, 2022 05:26 PM
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Too easy. Read the best seller. Without the NY.
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Nov 13, 2022 06:32 PM
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Lunatic_HereticNov 13, 2022 06:32 PM
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Quote from PyroYuy :
Why's it bad?
there are over 16000 reviews on amazon and 90% of them are at least 4/5 stars and you're curious why one anonymous guy on slickdeals didn't like it. strange.
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Nov 13, 2022 07:07 PM
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Nov 13, 2022 07:08 PM
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boruchNov 13, 2022 07:08 PM
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Quote from Timmy5 :
Yeah but....what if your opinion is bad?
Ok. I'm stumped. Give me a clue.
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Nov 13, 2022 07:18 PM
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devo666Nov 13, 2022 07:18 PM
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Quote from haruman :
same. sapiens was great, but this follow up was meh.
Agree with this comment. Sapiens was more interesting. Had interesting historical information and more interesting ideas. I forget why exactly this "sequel" wasn't as good, but I remember telling my wife when she was wondering if she should read it (she had also read Sapiens; I told her she could probably skip). I think it might have been because Homo Deus was more speculation and less historical knowledge, the speculative ideas weren't as original/interesting to me (Homo Deus presents a lot of speculation from other people; I had already read a lot of futurist-thinking on the impact of tech, e.g., AI, on future human evolution), and when the author did his own speculation the thinking behind it didn't seem very tight. Author is a historian and I assume well-read in history so he can present interesting info there and draw on that knowledge to introduce interesting new ideas about history. Can't say the same when he's talking about current tech/science.

TLDR - author is a historian and Sapiens is interesting (pop) history; Home Deus can be skipped
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Nov 13, 2022 07:47 PM
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DarthCYNov 13, 2022 07:47 PM
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Quote from Lunatic_Heretic :
there are over 16000 reviews on amazon and 90% of them are at least 4/5 stars and you're curious why one anonymous guy on slickdeals didn't like it. strange.
There are a lot of reviews on Amazon saying Rings of Power and Wheel of Time shows are good. Plenty of cheap junk with good reviews as well. Don't believe everything you see on Amazon reviews.
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Nov 13, 2022 07:51 PM
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Lunatic_HereticNov 13, 2022 07:51 PM
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Quote from DarthCY :
There are a lot of reviews on Amazon saying Rings of Power and Wheel of Time shows are good. Plenty of cheap junk with good reviews as well. Don't believe everything you see on Amazon reviews.
then who should i believe? you? if you're advising me to be distrustful of everybody shouldn't i mistrust you as well?
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Nov 13, 2022 07:57 PM
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DarthCYNov 13, 2022 07:57 PM
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Quote from Lunatic_Heretic :
then who should i believe? you? if you're advising me to be distrustful of everybody shouldn't i mistrust you as well?
Never read this book. Just saying lots of bad info on Amazon reviews. Read several of good and bad and it should give you a better picture.

Amazon is actively curating reviews to make money. Often obfuscating things so people buy stuff. See RoP and WoT, both crap shows Amazon propped up with fake reviews and cutting bad ones.
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Nov 13, 2022 09:27 PM
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apexleNov 13, 2022 09:27 PM
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I liked homo deus a little more than sapiens but both books are great. I'm also wary about people who don't finish a book before judging it. Even when I don't like a book I still try to finish it before I give it any critique and even then I still find useful or meaningful things in a book I still overall do not like.

But I'll reiterate that sapiens and homo deus are two of the best books I've ever read in this past year (along with viktor frankls mans search for meaning and 48 laws of power).

Also another thing I find interesting is the people that say the same stuff like "don't believe everything you see" or "think for yourself." Not that I don't believe in those phrases but people who use those tend to not be those with a scientific background and often end up citing scientific or medical literature (often out of context or misunderstood) to further their own confirmation bias. It's one thing to want to acquire knowledge regardless of source and have critical thinking and analytical skills vs trying to find ways to support preconceived beliefs, morals, or ideologies.
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Nov 13, 2022 10:16 PM
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SeanD1497Nov 13, 2022 10:16 PM
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Quote from Lunatic_Heretic :
there are over 16000 reviews on amazon and 90% of them are at least 4/5 stars and you're curious why one anonymous guy on slickdeals didn't like it. strange.
You're not new to SD and don't appear to be a moron, but you're curious why someone puts too much stock into some rando's opinion on SD. strange.
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SeanD1497Nov 13, 2022 10:45 PM
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Quote from Lunatic_Heretic :
then who should i believe? you? if you're advising me to be distrustful of everybody shouldn't i mistrust you as well?
Not a reference to the previous comment to which you are replying, but isn't it funny that the people who promote vast conspiracies and call others liars and cheats also want you to believe them blindly? It's easy to make grand proclamations and far-reaching allegations when you don't feel a need to back them up, and simply dismiss anyone questioning your evidence, or lack thereof.
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SeanD1497Nov 14, 2022 12:24 AM
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Wow, lots of comments wiped away without explanation. We weren't all in agreement but that's when it's important to learn other viewpoints and support what you think is right. This is some serious censorship, since we were perfectly on-topic and nothing was said that violated any terms, as far as I could tell. I think it's completely fair to debate the history and practices of a manufacturer/author/whatever when their products are listed.
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SKV4mNov 14, 2022 01:53 AM
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No homo deus
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boruchNov 14, 2022 02:17 AM
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Quote from Lunatic_Heretic :
then who should i believe? you? if you're advising me to be distrustful of everybody shouldn't i mistrust you as well?
I'm confused. Where does trust into it?! There's nothing to trust about. There's nothing to believe. I'm sharing my opinion on the author based on my knowledge of him. I'm not telling you he has three eyes. As you can see, many on this forum do not like the author. So that's all there is to it. Trust and belief don't enter into it.
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boruchNov 14, 2022 02:22 AM
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Shame it seems the mods have blocked certain viewpoints. Also, in response to "lunatic _heretic", are you the aware that the definition of heretic is
"a person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted". I'm assuming you don't need me to spell out my point.
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