Homo Deus: Humans of Tomorrow

• 'In the early 21st Century, the average human is more likely to die from bingeing at McDonalds than from drought, Ebola or a terrorist attack.'
• 'what are we going to do with ourselves? In a healthy, prosperous and harmonious world, what will demand our attention and ingenuity?'
• 'In April 1964 a French official in the town of Beauvais described the impact of famine and of soaring food prices, saying that his entire district was now filled with "an infinite number of poor souls, weak from hunger and wretches and dying from want, because having no work or occupation, they lack the money to buy bread."
• 'most people today have never experienced such torment' of not knowing when your next meal will be.
• 'Whereas the rich residents of Beverly Hills eat lettuce salad and steamed tofu with quinoa, in the slums and ghettos the poor gorge on Twinkie cakes, Cheetos, hamburgers and pizza.'
• 'For the average American or European, Coco-Cola poses a far deadlier threat than al-Qaeda.' They dominate the worlds headlines by 'provoking their enemies to overreact.'
• 'Humans are rarely satisfied with what they already have. The most common reaction of the human mind to achievement isn't satisfaction, but craving for more.' - link to minimalism