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9781911717096 |
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IIITD |
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001.09 |
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Harari, Yuval Noah |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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Nexus : |
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a brief history of information networks from the stone age to AI |
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by Yuval Noah Harari |
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New York : |
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Penguin, |
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©2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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xxxii, 492 p. ; |
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24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Title |
Part 1. Human networks |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Part 2. The inorganic network |
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Part 3. Computer polotics |
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity. For 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. If we are so wise, why are we so self-destructive? NEXUS considers how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age through 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 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. Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. NEXUS explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and of rediscovering our shared humanity. For 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. International and political tensions are rising. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI - an alien information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has brought us here. Taking us from the Stone Age through the canonisation of the Bible, the invention of print, the rise of mass media and the recent resurgence of populism, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how systems like the Roman Empire, the Catholic Church and the Soviet Union 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. Information is not the raw material of truth, nor is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes and, in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity. |
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Information behavior -- History. |
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Information technology -- History |
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Information networks -- Social aspects. |
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Books |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
