Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

I was expecting more from the book, I have no doubt the author is an excellent history lecturer but I do not agree at all on his philosophical points of view. Most of the book is speculation and what he thinks given his cultural context can happen in the future. About the reference to states and/or nations I think he fails to give a full panorama by not openly acknowledging Israel facts, it criticize some nations and “empires” a lot but barely mentions related facts in which Israel participated.

The historical knowledge is solid but I don't think is the best source to get to know latest trends about philosophy of mind or consciousness, the book can be misleading in this regard because quotes in a context end up being opinionated, and being the theme of the book mankind future I think this is a critical negative aspect.

I would not recommend to read it, if you or a friend happen to have it, it is ok, narrative is not bad at all and there are some interesting references to follow up in the bibliography.

P.S. I would actually use small sections of the book to foster discussion on young students, I think it would be very formative for considering some aspects of history not always address on school books.