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“But the million-dollar question is not whether parrots and humans can act upon their inner desires – the question is whether they can choose their desires in the first place.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
“If Marx came back to life today, he would probably urge his few remaining disciples to devote less time to reading Das Kapital and more time to studying the Internet and the human genome.”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
“If organisms indeed lack free will, it implies that we can manipulate and even control their desires using drugs, genetic engineering or direct brain stimulation.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
“If you want to make people believe in imaginary entities such as gods and nations, you should make them sacrifice something valuable.”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
“Humankind was salvaged not by the law of supply and demand, but rather by the rise of a revolutionary new religion – humanism.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Brazilian Literature
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Leonardo’s 2025 Year in Books
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