Five hundred years ago humankind made a startling discovery. We discovered our own collective ignorance. Determined to finally uncover the secrets of the universe, modern humans have learned how to control the world and how to produce more of everything. But did modernity make us any happier?Sapiens: A Graphic History - The Age of Revolutions takes us on a riveting ride from the Scientific Revolution through the Industrial Revolution to the dawn of the AI Revolution. In between, we find out why the Roman army never invested much in R&D, how banks create money out of thin air, how clocks came to rule our lives, and why despite unprecedented abundance humans are still so dissatisfied.
Join Skyman, Mx. Computer, and Death on the psychiatrist’s couch, as they deal with humanity’s quest for omniscience and immortality. Follow the passionate affair between Lady Empire and Scientifik, as together they seek to conquer all the blank spaces on the map. And jump on board with Detective Lopez as she unravels a worldwide conspiracy to break the laws of biology.
In this thrilling conclusion to the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari’s bestselling book, humanity faces its most pressing challenge ever: figuring out how to control an alien intelligence. Will we succeed? Or will we become trapped inside the dreams of smart machines?
Prof. Yuval Noah Harari (born 1976) is a historian, philosopher and the bestselling author of 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind' (2014); 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow' (2016); '21 Lessons for the 21st Century' (2018); the children's series 'Unstoppable Us' (launched in 2022); and 'Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI' (2024). He is also the creator and co-writer of 'Sapiens: A Graphic History': a radical adaptation of 'Sapiens' into a graphic novel series (launched in 2020), which he published together with comics artists David Vandermeulen (co-writer) and Daniel Casanave (illustrator). These books have been translated into 65 languages, with 55 million copies sold, and have been recommended by Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Natalie Portman, Janelle Monáe, Chris Evans and many others. Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford, has been a Lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's History department, and is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Together with his husband, Itzik Yahav, Yuval Noah Harari is the co-founder of Sapienship: a social impact company that advocates for global collaboration, with projects in the realm of education and storytelling.
