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Thought-provoking’  \nSTEPHEN FRY  \n‘Provocative and entrancing’  \nRORY STEWART  \nA Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI  \nNexus  \n‘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’The Economist  \n‘Harari sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites’Telegraph  \n‘A superb narrative writer’  \nGuardian  \n‘Engrossing . . . A diagnosis and a call to action’  \nObserver  \n‘[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  \n‘A useful, well-informed primer . . . Wise and bold’  \nNew York Times  \n‘One of our foremost big-picture thinkers about the grand sweep of humanity, history and the future’TIME  \n‘Nexus is an important book and comes atan important time in human history’Science  \n‘Nexus is ambitious, bold and, at times, unsettling . . .  \nFor anyone interested in the intersection of history, technology and power, Harari once again provokes deep thought’The Conversation  \n‘Yuval Noah Harari is one of the most remarkable intellectsof our generation – bold, original, erudite, provocative and entrancing. His latest book reimagines everything from  \nliteracy to AI aCnyligahlltheisdborfuianldamentally  \nshifts one’s view of the world’Rory Stewart  \n‘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  \n‘Yuval Noah Harari has a unique ability to unite history’s finest details and its grandest megatrends in a single view. In this masterful and provocative new book, he makes a compelling case that information networks are – and always have been – the primary driving force shaping human societies. This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI and automated content production’Mustafa Suleyman  \n‘Nexus will challenge your core beliefs about technology and information while leaving you grateful for the experience’Dr Joy Buolamwini  \n‘In Nexus, Harari uses information networks as the backbone of human evolution, offering profound insights into how technological progress reshapes our social structures and individual lives. His unique perspectivesand deep understanding of the age of artificial intelligence is especially pertinent in the current wave of transformations driven by generative AI. The book urges us to reassess the relationship between humans and AI and how we can ensure that technological progress serves the greater good for humanity’Kai-Fu Lee  \n‘[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  \nvulnerable to CthosrhiotnetolMinafioln. It’s a wake-up  \ncall in the gentlest, most urgent way’Yotam Ottolenghi  \nYUVAL NOAH HARA RI  \nYuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher and the global bestselling author of Sapiens; Homo Deus; 21 Lessons for the 21st Century; the graphic adaptation series Sapiens: A Graphic History; and Unstoppable Us, his first series for children. His books have sold more than 50 million copies in 65 languages. He co-founded Sapienship – an international social-impact company focused on education and storytelling – with his husband, Itzik Yahav. Harari has a PhD from the University of Oxford and has been a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a distinguished research fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk.  \nCopyright","cbCaiezjWWrQf3rS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiezjWWrQf3rS","pdf",1851182,54,"English","# Nexus\n## Author background\n## Publication and copyright notes","[{\"question\":\"What is the main theme of Nexus?\",\"answer\":\"Nexus argues that information networks have been the primary driving force shaping human societies, from early history through the age of AI.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book connect past history to AI?\",\"answer\":\"It frames modern technological progress as a continuation of long-running changes in how information is created, shared, and used, linking historical patterns to today’s AI transformations.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the book emphasize about generative AI?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights how generative AI and automated content production can reshape social structures and individual lives, urging readers to reconsider the human–AI relationship for the greater good.\"}]","A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI - Nexus | PDF",136]