03169cam a2200313 4500 1660268986 TxAuBib 20241017120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593948965 0593948963 0f369f80-ceb1-475e-8a2b-6dbc8c548c63 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10453957 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Harari, Yuval Noah. Nexus [Libby] : A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI. Books on Tape, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 480MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 480MB. Computer Technology. History. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • From the author of <i>Sapiens</i> comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.<br /> “Striking original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly.”—<i>The Economist</i><br /> “This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI and automated content production. . . . Masterful and provocative.”—Mustafa Suleyman, author of <i>The Coming Wave</i></b><br /> 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?<br /> <br /> <i>Nexus</i> 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.<br /> &#160;<br /> Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. <i>Nexus</i> explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-17 20:00:03. Athavale, Vidish. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0F369F80-CEB1-475E-8A2B-6DBC8C548C63&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0F369F80-CEB1-475E-8A2B-6DBC8C548C63&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)