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24 alternatives to Homo Deus

A Brief History of Tomorrow

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Homo Deus launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Homo Deus▲105

   A Brief History of Tomorrow

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Light▲58

   A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Tools for Thought▲69

   The history and future of mind-expanding technology

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Life 3.0▲92

   Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Technotopia▲96

   A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   What If?▲107

   Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Cosmosapiens▲63

   Human Evolution from the Origin of the Universe

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Living Brain▲63

   The deep mysteries of the human brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Powering the Future▲88

    How we will fuel the civilization of tomorrow

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Origin of Species▲81

    Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Gene▲64

    An Intimate History

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Inevitable▲66

    The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Take Off With Elixir▲61

    An Introduction to Elixir

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood▲67

    Where the big ideas of the modern era came from

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Engines of Creation▲54

    The coming era of nanotechnology

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Feynman Genius▲62

    The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Last Question by Isaac Asimov▲76

    We are the creator and the creation at the same time.

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Utopia Experiment▲103

    An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Time Travel: A History▲63

    A meditation on exploring time, travel, and technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Gene: An Intimate History▲74

    A magnificent history of the gene

    2016 · its alternatives →

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