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

Title: Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Author: Yuval Noah Harari ISBN: 9780593734223 Publisher: Random House Published: 2024 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: New Technology & Engineering 1580511 Publisher Description: From the #1 New York Times bestselling 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