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Homo Deus

By Yuval Harari

Harari extends his unique perspective and speculations on our human condition, past, and future in this intriguing book. He looks deeply into commonly accepted assumptions and questions them in ways that inevitably open our eyes to different, more intelligent, and effective ways of living our lives. He speculates on our future in audacious and hard-to-accept ways but also brings in enough research and insight to make us think deeply about many unconscious cultural, political, and personal patterns. His vision of the future includes the creation of a "useless class," the collapse of democracy under the microscope of Google analytics, and the danger of artificial intelligence and robots not that they will take over humans; but rather, that humans become like robots and AI.

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“Success breeds ambition... The most common reaction of the human mind to achievement is not satisfaction, but craving for more... Humans are always on the lookout for something better, bigger, tastier.”

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Themes: Ambition

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“For the first time in history, more people die today from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide that are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals combined. In the earth 21st Century, the average human is far more likely to die from binging on McDonald's than from drought, Ebola or an al-Qaeda attack”

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Themes: Lies

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“In 2014 more than 2.1 billion people were overweight, compared to 850 million who suffered from malnutrition Half of humankind is expected to be overweight by 2030. In 2010 famine and malnutrition combined killed about 1 million people, whereas obesity killed 3 million.”

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Themes: Longevity

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“The scientists that cry immortality are like the boy who cried wolf: sooner or later, the wolf actually comes... If you think that religious fanatics with burning eyes and flowing beards are ruthless, just wait and see what elderly retail moguls and ageing Hollywood starlets will do... All the wars and conflicts of history might turn out to be but a pale prelude for the real struggle ahead of us: the struggle for eternal youth.”

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“When the moment comes to choose between economic growth and ecological stability, politicians, CEOs and voters almost always prefer growth. In the twenty-first century, we shall have to do better if we are to avoid catastrophe.”

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