Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

by Yuval Noah Harari

For the average American or European, Coca-Cola poses a far deadlier threat than all Qaeda.

Terrorists are like a fly that tries to destroy a china shop. The fly is so weak that it cannot budge even a single teacup. So it finds a bull, gets inside its ear and starts buzzing. The bull goes wild with fear and anger, and destroys the china shop.

‘I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying.’