Nexus
A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:10th Sep '24
Should be back in stock very soon
This hardback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback - Signed First Edition£28.00(9781911717089-SF)
The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 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.
PRAISE FOR NEXUS
'One of the most remarkable intellects of our generation' RORY STEWART
‘Tremendous, thought-provoking and so very well-reasoned . . . If there is one book that I would urge everyone to read – it is Nexus’ STEPHEN FRY
'A wake-up call in the gentlest, most urgent way' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
'This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI’ MUSTAFA SULEYMAN
'A super narrative writer' GUARDIAN
‘[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites' TELEGRAPH
PRAISE FOR YUVAL NOAH HARARI
‘The great thinker of our age’The Times
‘Interesting and provocative’ Barack Obama
‘One of my favourite writers and thinkers’ Natalie Portman
**Instant Sunday Times bestseller, September 2024**
[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites * TELEGRAPH *
A superb narrative writer * GUARDIAN *
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 * OBSERVER *
Harari's narrative is engaging, and his framing is strikingly original * ECONOMIST *
Tremendous, thought-provoking and so very well reasoned. Harari gives us a vision of a rapidly approaching future that is at one and the same time thrilling and chilling. If there is one book that I would urge everyone to read – our political, corporate and cultural leaders most especially – it is Nexus -- STEPHEN FRY
[Harari] connects past and future in a way that’s both enlightening and a little eerie. Nexus isn’t just a critique of technology; it’s a reflection on how we’ve always been vulnerable to those who control information. It’s a wake-up call in the gentlest, most urgent way -- YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
Harari has a unique ability to unite both history’s finest details and its grandest megatrends in a single view. This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI -- MUSTAFA SULEYMAN
Harari is one of the most remarkable intellects of our generation – bold, original, erudite, provocative and entrancing. His latest book reimagines everything from literacy to AI and – like all his books – fundamentally shifts one’s view of the world -- RORY STEWART
[An] always rewarding, often alarming book * LITERARY REVIEW *
ISBN: 9781911717089
Dimensions: 241mm x 162mm x 43mm
Weight: 778g
528 pages