Yuval (Homo Deus) appears to me to be an aspiring Prophet of Doom telling the World he is ushering in a new Apocalyptic Experience that can rival that of the Bible's.
Being Jewish, he holds all the credentials naturally to take on this task. But, instead of relying on the Prophesies of past Sages, he is approaching end-times through tech-driven future possibilities in his arguments.
Didn't Heisenberg, Bohr and their 1927 gang already explored these ideas and came out with The Matrix as a system that governs our lives?
Is Yuval usurping these Quantum Physicists with a "trick use" of Language or is he even bolder by attempting to cheat God?
We are already living in the Singularity that Yuval speaks of and being supervised by an All Knowing, Omnipotent data processing system called the Matrix (as fully illustrated by the movie of same name), or awesomely and respectfully revered as God.
"Dataism" as expounded by Yuval is Deity as we know it.
Our full understanding of this subject is hindered by our inability to even begin to comprehend Consciousness, Love and Intelligence in the roles they play in a Universal Sense. How could Yuval proceed to his position without clearing these fundamental obstacles? Is he talking about the brain that can be easily be put into the equivalency of Tech Hardware and OS, but not the mind?
Yuval used the principles he adopted in "Sapiens", infused some latest High Tech and through clever play of words tried to aggrandize his Apocalyptic version. But, really, is old wine in a new wine-skin.
Not all is lost though. Bill O'Reilly can pick up some nuggets here on the sophistication of Human Nature and Nature's governing systems so that he makes less of a Prick of himself in his harsh opinions which hold sway over his friend, Trump. Including on Abortion that is riling up the entire nation presently.
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