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

by Yuval Noah Harari
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

Tracing information's evolution, from symbols to AI.

Nexus isn't just a book; it's a journey through time, illuminating how humanity's way of sharing and processing information has transformed over centuries. Reading it is like watching the very fabric of society being woven together by stories, symbols, and eventually, technology. If you're intrigued by how communication has shifted paradigms and sparked revolutions leading up to the digital age, this book will captivate your imagination and offer profound insights.

  • British Book Award Nominee for Audiobook: Non-Fiction (2025)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History/Biography (2024)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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

by Yuval Noah Harari
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ISBN: 9781911717096
Authors: Yuval Noah Harari
Publisher: Fern Press
Date of Publication: 2024-09-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, Politics, History, Science, Philosophy
Related Topics: Politics, History, Sociology, History, Society, Politics, History
Goodreads rating: 4.18
(rated by 25816 readers)

Description

From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking 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. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of 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 throughout history 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 in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.
 

Tracing information's evolution, from symbols to AI.

Nexus isn't just a book; it's a journey through time, illuminating how humanity's way of sharing and processing information has transformed over centuries. Reading it is like watching the very fabric of society being woven together by stories, symbols, and eventually, technology. If you're intrigued by how communication has shifted paradigms and sparked revolutions leading up to the digital age, this book will captivate your imagination and offer profound insights.

  • British Book Award Nominee for Audiobook: Non-Fiction (2025)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History/Biography (2024)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.