Homo Deus review: Yep! Yuval Noah Harari says humanity is doomed!
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I thought writing a quick Homo Deus Review would make sense considering that I recently published my thoughts on Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari’s previous book. The good news is, like the previous one, this book is a page-turner. It reads like a story, but it gives you a lot of food for thought about mankind. The question is not to figure out where we come from, it is to guesstimate where we are going, technology helping (or not). If you are interested in tech & innovation discussions, this book is among the ones you need to read, that’s for sure.
My personal story with Homo Deus, A Brief history of Tomorrow is very easy to explain. Bluntly, I was at originally planning on buying Yuval Noah Harari’s book Sapiens, A Brief History of Humankind and I decided to pick both.
Very original. I know.
But I liked the message sent by the books covers. One was showing a fingerprint. The other was showing a digital fingerprint. Something with electronic connectors into it. One was about the past. The other was about the future of our society.
And that was more than enough to catch my attention. So I got home with both books, I read them in turn, and I had a great time doing just that. Here’s why!

My Homo Deus review: a brief overview
As usual, let me start this Homo Deus review with a brief comment — the more comprehensive part comes next.
To put things simply, Homo Deus is the story that follows-up on Sapiens. As Yuval Noah Harari writes it himself, Sapiens showed us where we come from, while Homo Deus shows us where we are going.
I guess one of the key conclusion of my Sapiens book review was that we — as Sapiens — are expansionist dangerous beasts which funnily enough depend on social constructs (such as family, communities, religions or capitalism) to strive.
In contrast, the key take of my Homo Deus review would be that we — still Sapiens — see ourselves as god-like beings. Not only did we conquer the world, we also need to challenge life and dominate it. Whatever it takes.
As to the reading experience itself, I would say that — as for the first book — I had a great time reading Homo Deus. Yuval Noah Harari’s writing style is sharp and easy to follow. All in all, the book is a real page-turner because it is written like a story. But Harari also gives the reader a huge amount of food for thought. Which is precisely what you want from a good book. Don’t you?
I’m getting into the details with a much more comprehensive book review below (keep reading!), but in short, here is what the book says:


My Homo Deus review: The comprehensive part
(now we’re talking).
As usual, this Medium publication is a short version of my very comprehensive review of Homo Deus. If you want more, please follow the link!
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Originally published at iwillmakeyouthinksmart.com on September 7, 2018.

