![]() ![]() You have the sense that something is terribly wrong in this world but you can’t put your finger on what it is because everybody is happy and satisfied all the time. It’s quite straight forward. When you read Brave New World you don’t know if it’s a utopia or a dystopia. The only question is how do we prevent it from happening? So in this sense it’s not very sophisticated. When you read 1984 by George Orwell you know it’s a dystopia, you know it’s a horrible world. It’s no surprised that Harari’s favorite book is Brave New World. Another great social project of the 21st century is to biologically re-engineer Homo sapiens so that it can enjoy everlasting pleasure. They will become like gods, “attaining divinity.” This is a very good thing it means we can go beyond humanity, and “acquire for us divine powers of creating and destruction, and upgrade Homo sapiens into Homo Deus. In the future, people will use biotechnology and other forms of technology to create happiness for themselves. Now, modern people seek happiness, indeed have come to think of it as a right. The point is, we have largely mastered nature. If we haven’t universalized the solutions yet, then we must keep at it. More people today die from obesity than from starvation. Science and technology have solved many of the problems that preoccupied mankind since the dawn of his existence. But if you read it for an insight into where certain defining trends in our culture are taking us, then it’s an excellent resource. That is, if the world Harari expects to come into existence actually does, it will be a nightmare (though he considers it a dreamland). ![]() It’s a terrible book if you read it in terms of prescription. I recently read Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, the new book by Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari. ![]()
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