“A pie in the sky.” Homo Deus by @harari_yuval is perhaps the best book I read in 2017. 
So many gems in Homo Deus. We all are just ‘Processors’
Does anyone really understand capatalism?
Theism —-> Humanism —-> Data-ism. Perhaps the most mind-altering thought from @harari_yuval’s Homo Deus.
The way we believe in ‘Nationalism’, ‘Capitalism’ even ‘Money’. All such perfectly constructed fictions by us.
And it’s perhaps just this ability of ours to ‘make up stuff’ that enables us rule this world.
“Like firefighters in a work without fire”
What are going to do with ourselves when our world has becomes all healthy and prosperous?
A self inflicted apocalypse?
What are going to do with ourselves when our world has becomes all healthy and prosperous?
A self inflicted apocalypse?
Food for thought 💭
“We don’t become satisfied by leading a peaceful and prosperous existence. Rather, we become satisfied when reality matches our expectations.”
- @harari_yuval in Homo Deus.
- @harari_yuval in Homo Deus.
Messiahs, Pharaohs and Elvis. More brands than humans.
1. Are organisms really just algorithms, and is life really just data processing?
2. What’s more valuable – intelligence or consciousness?
- From Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
2. What’s more valuable – intelligence or consciousness?
- From Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
“No one understands how the global economy functions or where global politics is heading. But no one needs to understand. All you need to do is answer your emails faster – and allow the system to read them.”
Government has become mere administration. It manages the country, but it no longer leads it. It makes sure teachers are paid on time and sewage systems don’t overflow, but it has no idea where the country will be in twenty years.
- Homo Deus by @harari_yuval
- Homo Deus by @harari_yuval
