Gods and Monsters

Israeli author Yuval Noah Harari’s follow-up to his 2011 international bestseller on human history throws the story forward, and it’s a rather unsettling vision. But Marianna Cerini discovers the author is an optimist

“Humans won’t be replaced by cyborgs, they will become cyborgs” Yuval Noah Harari is a somewhat surprising cult figure. Surprising because the historian started his career as a researcher of medieval warfare—not the most buzzworthy of fields—and is now one of the most celebrated contemporary authors of non-fiction worldwide. Surprising, also, because in a world where listicles reign and attention spans are shrinking, he has produced two macro-narratives tackling perhaps the broadest of subjects—mankind—and has won a loyal following of both academic types and casual readers. Born in Israel in 1976, Harari is a tenured professor in the history department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His star rose with the 2011 publication of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, his first book to be given a wide release. Sapiens grew out…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2017

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