Nexus : a brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI
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New York : Random House, 2024.
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Book
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First U.S. edition.
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xxxii, 492 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Meadville Public Library | 001.09 Harari, Yuval Noah | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Random House, 2024.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
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"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. 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 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"--
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Harari, Y. N. (2024). Nexus: a brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI (First U.S. edition.). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harari, Yuval N.. 2024. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks From the Stone Age to AI. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harari, Yuval N.. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks From the Stone Age to AI Random House, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Harari, Yuval N.. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks From the Stone Age to AI First U.S. edition., Random House, 2024.
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