Homo Deus: a brief History of Tomorrow

Homo deus: Homo sapiens upgrade to 43–9, 351–66; techno-humanism and 351–66
Homo  sapiens:  conquer  the  world  69,  100–51;  end  famine,  plague  and  war  1–21;  give  meaning  to  the
world  153–277;  happiness  and  29–43;  Homo  deus,  upgrade  to  21,  43–9;  immortality  21–9;  loses
control, 279–397; problems with predicting history of 55–64
homosexuality 120, 138–9, 192–3, 195, 225–6, 236, 275
Hong Xiuquan 271
Human Effectiveness Directorate, Ohio 288
humanism  65–7,  98,  198,  219;  aesthetics  and  228–9,  228,  233,  233,  241–6,  242,  245;  economics  and
219, 230–1, 232, 232; education system and 231, 233, 233, 234; ethics 223–6, 233; evolutionary see
evolutionary  humanism;  formula  for  knowledge  237–8,  241–2;  homosexuality  and  225–6;  liberal  see
liberal humanism; marriage and 223–5; modern industrial farming, justification for 98; nationalism and
248–50; politics/voting and 226–7, 232, 232, 248–50; revolution, humanist 220–77; schism within 246–
57;  Scientific  Revolution  gives  birth  to  96–9;  socialist  see  socialist  humanism/socialism;  value  of
experience and 257–61; techno-humanism 351–66; war narratives and 241–6, 242, 245, 253–6; wars

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of religion, 1914–1991 261–7
hunter-gatherers 34, 60, 75–6, 90, 95, 96–7, 98, 140, 141, 156, 163, 169, 175, 268–9, 322, 355, 360, 361,
378
Hussein, Saddam 18, 310
IBM 315–16, 320, 330
Iliescu, Ion 136, 137
‘imagined orders’ 142–9 see also intersubjective meaning
immigration 248–50
immortality 21–9, 30, 43, 47, 50, 51, 55, 56, 64, 65, 67, 138, 179, 268, 276, 350, 394–5
in vitro fertilisation viii, 52–3
Inanna 157, 323
India:  drought  and  famine  in  3;  economic  growth  in  modern  205–8,  349;  Emergency  in,  1975  264,  266;
Hindu  revival,  19
th
-century  270,  271,  273;  hunter-gatherers  in  75–6,  96;  liberalism  and  264,  265;
population growth rate 205–6; Spanish Flu and 9
individualism:  evolutionary  theory  and  103–4;  liberal  idea  of  undermined  by  twenty-first-century  science
281–306; liberal idea of undermined by twenty-first-century technology 327–46; self and 294–304, 301,
303
Industrial Revolution 57, 61, 270, 274, 318, 319, 325, 374
inequality 56, 139–43, 262, 323, 346–50, 377, 397
intelligence:  animal  81,  82,  99,  127–32;  artificial  see  artificial  intelligence;  cooperation  and  130–1,  137;
decoupling from consciousness 307–50, 352, 397; definition of 130–1; development of human 99, 130–
1, 137; upgrading human 348–9, 352 see also techo-humanism; value of consciousness and 397
intelligent design 73, 102
internet: distribution of power 374, 383; Internet-of-All-Things 380, 381, 382, 388, 390, 393, 395; rapid rise
of 50
intersubjective meaning 143–51, 155–77, 179, 323, 352
Iraq 3, 17, 40, 275
Islam 8, 18, 21, 22, 64, 137, 188, 196, 205, 206, 207, 221, 226, 248, 261, 268, 269, 270, 271, 274, 275,
276, 351, 392; fundamentalist 18, 196, 226, 268, 269, 270, 275, 351 see also Muslims
Islamic State (IS) 275, 351
Isonzo battles, First World War 300–2, 301
Israel 48, 96, 225–6, 249
Italy 262, 300–2, 301
Jainism 94–5
Jamestown, Virginia 298
Japan 30, 31, 33, 34, 207, 246, 349
Jefferson, Thomas 31, 192, 249, 282, 305
Jeopardy! (game show) 315–16, 315
Jesus Christ 91, 155, 183, 187, 271, 274, 297
Jews/Judaism: ancient/biblical 60, 90–1, 94, 172–3, 174, 181, 193, 194–5, 268, 390; animal welfare and
94;  expulsions  from  early  modern  Europe  197,  198;  Great  Jewish  Revolt  (
AD
 70)  194;  homosexuality
and 225–6; Second World War and 164–5, 165, 182
Jolie, Angelina 332–3, 335, 347
Jones, Lieutenant Henry 254