Book description
'If you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one' TOM HANKS
'If there's one book that I would urge everyone to read - it is Nexus' STEPHEN FRY
Discover the mind-blowing story of how information networks - from the stone age to AI - have shaped our…
Why read it?
1 author picked Nexus as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved this book because I learnt a lot from it.
I’ve worked in information technology in the past but hadn’t really thought about the social information networks that undergird what we do and are as societies. Harari takes this slant on information networks and got me to think differently about how we organize ourselves, and to what effect.
As he notes, “power always stems from cooperation between large numbers of humans.” It is also very good on what the implications of AI might be for our future.
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