OfficialU.S.editionwithfullcolorillustrationsthroughout.NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLERYuvalNoahHarari,authorofthecritically-acclaimedNewYorkTimesbestsellerandinternationalphenomenonSapiens,returnswithanequallyoriginal,compelling,andprovocativebook,turninghisfocustowardhumanity’sfuture,andourquesttoupgradehumansintogods.Overthepastcenturyhumankindhasmanagedtodotheimpossibleandreininfamine,plague,andwar.Thismayseemhardtoaccept,but,asHarariexplainsinhistrademarkstyle--thorough,yetriveting--famine,plagueandwarhavebeentransformedfromincomprehensibleanduncontrollableforcesofnatureintomanageablechallenges.Forthefirsttimeever,morepeoplediefromeatingtoomuchthanfromeatingtoolittle;morepeoplediefromoldagethanfrominfectiousdiseases;andmorepeoplecommitsuicidethanarekilledbysoldiers,terroristsandcriminalsputtogether.TheaverageAmericanisathousandtimesmorelikelytodiefrombingingatMcDonaldsthanfrombeingblownupbyAlQaeda.Whatthenwillreplacefamine,plague,andwaratthetopofthehumanagenda?Astheself-madegodsofplanetearth,whatdestinieswillwesetourselves,andwhichquestswillweundertake?HomoDeusexplorestheprojects,dreamsandnightmaresthatwillshapethetwenty-firstcentury--fromovercomingdeathtocreatingartificiallife.Itasksthefundamentalquestions:Wheredowegofromhere?Andhowwillweprotectthisfragileworldfromourowndestructivepowers?Thisisthenextstageofevolution.ThisisHomoDeus.WiththesameinsightandclaritythatmadeSapiensaninternationalhitandaNewYorkTimesbestseller,Hararimapsoutourfuture.
