{"product_id":"nexus-a-brief-history-of-information-networks-from-the-stone-age-to-ai-9798217077618","title":"Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSapiens \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNexus \u003c\/i\u003elooks 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInformation is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. \u003ci\u003eNexus \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor\u003cb\u003e Yuval Noah Harari \u003c\/b\u003eis a historian, philosopher, and the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Humankind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHomo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and the series \u003ci\u003eSapiens: A Graphic History \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUnstoppable Us\u003c\/i\u003e. He is considered one of the world's most influential public intellectuals working today. Born in Israel in 1976, Harari received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 2002 and is currently a lecturer at the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He co-founded the social impact company Sapienship, focused on education and media, with his husband, Itzik Yahav.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Large Print Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50896815980818,"sku":"9798217077618","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3443755-4d8a-4ae4-84a2-4a8e103d0b0a.jpg?v=1757422482","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nexus-a-brief-history-of-information-networks-from-the-stone-age-to-ai-9798217077618","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}