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

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

'A super narrative writer' GUARDIAN

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

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

'One of the most remarkable intellects of our generation' RORY STEWART

'This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI MUSTAFA SULEYMAN

PRAISE FOR YUVAL NOAH HARARI

The great thinker of our age The Times on 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Interesting and provocative Barack Obama on Sapiens

One of my favourite writers and thinkers Natalie Portman on Sapiens

Sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain . . . Radiates power and clarity Sunday Times on Sapiens

It altered how I view our species and our world Guardian on Sapiens