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Work #878 · Late

Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari
2015 (Hebrew); 2016 (English) · Hebrew
Speculative-historical treatise · Twenty-first-century speculative history

Harari's 2016 speculative history of humanity's near future — dataism and the upgrade of Homo sapiens

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Attribute Homo Deus (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Homo Deus

The near-future time of upgraded humanity.

Space

Homo Deus

The planetary-technological space.

Matter

Homo Deus

The upgraded biological-technological body.

Observer

Homo Deus

The data-processing system.

Energy

Homo Deus

Energies of biotechnological transformation.

Information

Homo Deus

Dataism — information as fundamental.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Homo Deus

Harari's Homo Deus: foundational reference for popular dataism and transhumanism; central to twenty-first-century debates on the future of humanity.