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Russian
Original Title
Homo Deus : краткая история будущего / Юваль Ной Харари.
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English
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Summary
Examines the civilized world's achievements in controlling famine, disease, and war while making provocative predictions about the evolutionary goals of the twenty-first century.
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English
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"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 McDonald's 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--
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Chinese
Original Title
未来简史 : 从智人到智神 / (以色列) 尤瓦尔・赫拉利著 ; 林俊宏译 = Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow / Yuval Noah Harari.
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Language
Chinese
Original Title
人類大命運 : 從智人到神人 / 作者, 哈拉瑞 ; 譯者, 林俊宏 = Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow / Yuval Noah Harari.
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