Nexus

A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

Yuval Noah Harari

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10 September 2024

Prose: non-fiction; Social & cultural history; Society & Social Sciences; Popular science

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From renowned historian and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari comes the story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world

From renowned historian and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari comes the story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI - a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. If we are so wise, why are we so self-destructive?

NEXUS considers how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age through the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism and the resurgence of populism today, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence.

Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. NEXUS explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and of rediscovering our shared humanity.

By: Yuval Noah Harari
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 39mm
Weight: 639g
ISBN: 9781911717096
ISBN 10: 191171709X
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 10 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher and the bestselling author of Sapiens- A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus- A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century and the series Sapiens- A Graphic History and Unstoppable Us. His books have sold 45 million copies in 65 languages and he is considered one of the world's most influential public intellectuals today. Born in Israel in 1976, Harari received his PhD from the University of Oxford in 2002 and is currently a lecturer at the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Reviews for Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

'Yuval has a unique ability to unite both history's finest details and its grandest megatrends in a single view. In this masterful and provocative new book, he makes a compelling case that information networks are - and always have been - the primary driving force shaping human societies. This deeply important argument comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI and automated content production.' -- Mustafa Suleyman