Homo Deus (Harari) - Book Reviews

Book Reviews
[E]ssential reading for those who think about the future. The algorithms that Harari describes are not trying to imitate humans; they are trying to become human, and possibly exceed our abilities.
Siddhartha Mukherjee - New York Times Book Review


I enjoyed reading about these topics not from another futurist but from a historian, contextualizing our current ways of thinking amid humanity’s long march — especially … with Harari’s ability to capsulize big ideas memorably and mingle them with a light, dry humor.… Harari offers not just history lessons but a meta-history lesson.
Washington Post


Thrilling to watch such a talented author trample so freely across so many disciplines … Harrari’s skill lies in the way he tilts the prism in all these fields and looks at the world in different ways, providing fresh angles on what we thought we knew … scintillating.
Financial Times (UK)


A remarkable book, full of insights and thoughtful reinterpretations of what we thought we knew about ourselves and our history
Guardian (UK)


What elevates Harari above many chroniclers of our age is his exceptional clarity and focus.
Sunday Times (UK)


[A] great book…not only alters the way you see the world after you’ve read it, it also casts the past in a different light. In Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari shows us where mankind is headed in an absolutely clear-sighted & accessible manner.
Mail on Sunday (UK)


Like all great epics, Sapiens demanded a sequel. Homo Deus, in which that likely apocalyptic future is imagined in spooling detail, is that book. It is a highly seductive scenario planner for the numerous ways in which we might overreach ourselves.
Observer (UK)


Harari is an intellectual magpie who has plucked theories and data from many disciplines — including philosophy, theology, computer science and biology — to produce a brilliantly original, thought-provoking and important study of where mankind is heading.
Evening Standard (UK)


[Homo Deus]…provocatively explores what the future may have in store for humans in this deeply troubling book.… Harari paints with a very broad brush throughout, but he raises stimulating questions about both the past and the future.
Publishers Weekly


This work…leaves readers with questions about consciousness and conscience and whether unrestricted data flow will necessarily lead to wisdom. —Wade M. Lee, Univ. of Toledo Lib.
Library Journal


(Starred review.) [I]ntellectually provocativel.… [Harari] smoothly tackles thorny issues and leads us through "our current predicament and our possible futures." A relentlessly fascinating book that is sure to become — and deserves to be — a bestseller.
Kirkus Reviews