Book Summary: Homo Deus
Homo Deus examines how we became the dominant species on earth and what is possibly in store for our future.
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Quotes:
The most common reaction of the human mind to achievement is not satisfaction, but craving for more.
We do not become satisfied by leading a peaceful and prosperous existence. Rather, we become satisfied when reality matches our expectations. The bad news is that as conditions improve, expectations balloon.
People are usually afraid of change because they fear the unknown. But the single greatest constant of history is that everything changes.
Homo Deus Book Summary Notes:
- In our relatively short time on earth we have managed to defeat many preventable diseases as well as famines in most developed countries. You are also now more likely to die of diabetes than as a casualty of war.
- We as humans have become easily the most successful animals on the planet. We’ve mastered just about everything in our history from hunter gatherers to large scale farming and livestock domestication.
- One of the largest remaining questions for science is what is our consciousness.
- We created religion to help us learn and enforce moral and ethical standards among the population.
- Another question for the modern human is where to now derive significance? In the past religion gave people the ability to believe in a higher power, these days however science has progressed us past this. But left nothing in its place.
- One of the biggest threats facing modern humans is technology. As technology advances do we accept the consequences or do we resist what’s happening and try to stay in control? Is that even possible?
