Homo Deus

if you were asleep in The Matrix would you want to wake up and know the true reality?let's hope that God's Not Dead because if he is the prospects for Humanity aren't much better than those Eveready batteries in the kitchen drawer.an excellent book to make you wonder to make you feel and to make you question.

'Sapiens' and now 'Homo Deus' make you think of humanity and life, then make you look inwards and think about yourself. And for some reason, thinking about all that stuff makes you feel happy. Happy reading/listening!

the concepts in this book challenge, enthrall, and captivate the reader. it gives hope, and fear for the future a fighting chance at being your world view. Perfect 5/7.

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? Cutting it down to about half the length.Has Homo Deus turned you off from other books in this genre?Certainly not.There aren't many writers who can get a book this length published.Would you listen to another book narrated by Derek Perkins?Yes.He was good.What character would you cut from Homo Deus?The author.Any additional comments?This author proceeds from a questionable statement, that of the Cognitive Revolution, to embellish all sorts of theories and add nearly every bit of information at his disposal.His conclusions are interesting and bear discussing, but we learn of them only after many tedious hours.

This entire book gave the impression of an attempt to present mundane rhetorical tricks as profound insights. The majority of the book was colored by a recasting of the definition of 'religion' in a way that added or elucidated nothing but was instead used for dramatic effect. This book felt like it was presenting material that had been cut from Harari's Sapiens (a better book indeed). I am tempted to believe that Harari was surprised by the success of Sapiens and simply wrote Homo Deus as a cash grab. I wish that I had not paid him for the scheme.

In the first 3/4 of this book you will be numerous times that if you hold any religious convictions then you are a backwards simpleton.If you eat meat then you are a barbarian.That no human achievement can ever be considered great simply because of our flawed past. You will waste countless hours being told about atrocities committed by humans in the near and far past that you will despair that any mention of our eventual advancement will ever be mentioned. The overt political nature of this farce of a technical examination of humans possible futureis nothing more than the author's attempt to display his political stripes. He does eventually come to the promise of the title in the final few chapters but offer a dull and uninspiring vision.This book is not only disingenuous in its purpose but UNBELIEVABLY boring. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.

I listened to this book, because I liked his first book, Homo Sapiens.Good feelings gone.It is clear that Mr. Harari is dealing with some deep seated personal struggles, and he abuses his audience, by trying to work them out in the most intellectually shoddy work that I have come across in recent times. Hands down this is the worst book I've read or listened to in 2018.You could sail cargo ships through the logical holes, in the frameworks that he creates. To call them frameworks is probably being overly generous. I wish that he knew a 1000% more about technology and science, so he could get to a place where he realizes how little he knows about technology and science. If you are intrested in the topics discussed in this book, I would suggest reading or listening to The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly. I literally do not have the time or energy to expound upon all of the shortcomings in this book.Do yourself a favor, save the audible credit, and use it on a better book.