Nexus

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

By: Yuval Noah Harari

Narrated by: Vidish Athavale

Brought to you by Penguin.

The mind-blowing story of humans, technology and power from the international and Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens.

Stories brought us together.

Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies.

The internet promised infinite knowledge.

The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other.

What will AI do?

NEXUS is the thrilling account of how we arrived at this moment, and the urgent choices we must now make to survive – and to thrive.

‘If you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one, to know more of our history and be aware of our choices to come’ TOM HANKS

'A super narrative writer' GUARDIAN

‘[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites' TELEGRAPH

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Critic reviews

Yuval Noah Harari is the undisputed maestro of the big idea . . . Nobody can pull of a big theory as suavely as he can

[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites

A superb narrative writer

[A] thoughtful book . . . An important perspective at a time when the info-wars seem likely to only get worse (Gillian Tett)

[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 GATES)

If 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 HANKS)

Engrossing . . . 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

A useful, well-informed primer . . . Wise and bold

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

One of our foremost big-picture thinkers about the grand sweep of humanity, history and the future

The Author understands and illustrates the power of stories

Chapters on how humans are good at relating to caters in a story vs databases and numbers (part of Age of Bureaucracy) were especially poignant however there were lots of ifs buts and maybes than exacting logically defensible arguments that Yuval Noah Harari carried through Sapiens. Instead, some of the strongest chapters were packed in the first few chapters and I guess with such a big and new subject, this is a very. Unique and accessible yet a rare take on the ‘Silicon age’ I have the paperback as well and will go back to some chapters for sure

Exactly what I expected

I enjoy Yuval’s insights and effort to bring clarity to a bigger picture. Only criticism is that there some liberalist biases that shines through otherwise very thoughtful view of the world we live in.

Knowledge, vision and callout for humankind

Read or listen to this book. Be alert on what happens in the world. Relevante questions and understanding of why, how we are at this moment of turning point in human power and importance.

Essential reading for the 21st century

Brilliantly written, cogently argued, a realistic view on the status quo with respect to AI. I really hope people in power read this book too.

Warning AI is there !

It is maybe to pesimistic or better, I hope that it is so. But autor made prfect examples and explanations why AI could be a disaster for people which are the smartest and stupiest animals on the planet.