Nexus, 9781911717096
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Information’s power: Shaping our past, threatening our future. Can we adapt?
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Nexus

a brief history of information networks from the stone age to ai

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  • Paperback

    528 pages

  • Release Date

    9 September 2024

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Summary

Nexus: Unraveling the Threads of Information, Power, and Our Future

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.…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781911717096
ISBN-10:191171709X
Author:Yuval Noah Harari
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Fern Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:528
Release Date:9 September 2024
Weight:635g
Dimensions:234mm x 152mm x 40mm
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Critics Review

Yuval Noah Harari is the undisputed maestro of the big idea … Nobody can pull of a big theory as suavely as he can * THE TIMES *[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites * TELEGRAPH *A superb narrative writer * GUARDIAN *[A] thoughtful book … An important perspective at a time when the info-wars seem likely to only get worse – Gillian Tett * FINANCIAL TIMES *[Harari] makes fun of people like myself who saw more information as always a good thing … I would basically say he’s right and I was wrong – BILL GATESIf you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one, to know more of our history and be aware our choices to come – TOM HANKSEngrossing … A diagnosis and a call to action … If [Nexus] sells anywhere near as well as Sapiens did, we’ll be that bit better equipped as a species to deal with the rise of the machines * OBSERVER *A useful, well-informed primer … Wise and bold * NEW YORK TIMES *A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly … Harari’s narrative is engaging, and his framing is strikingly original * ECONOMIST *One of our foremost big-picture thinkers about the grand sweep of humanity, history and the future * TIME *

About The Author

Yuval Noah Harari

Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher and the global bestselling author of Sapiens- A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus- A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, the graphic adaptation series Sapiens- A Graphic History, and Unstoppable Us, his first series of books for children. His books have sold over 45 million copies in 65 languages, with Sapiens alone selling 25 million copies since it was first published in 2013. A New York Times and Sunday Times #1 bestseller, Sapiens spent an incredible 96 consecutive weeks in the top 3 of the Sunday Times bestseller list. Yuval Noah Harari is also behind Sapienship - an international social impact company focused on education and storytelling, which he co-founded with his husband Itzik Yahav. Harari is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals today.

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