Nexus : A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI /
Harari, Yuval N.,
Nexus : A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI / Yuval Noah Harari. - xxxii, 492 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-476) and index.
Prologue -- Part I: Human networks / Chapter 1: What is information -- Chapter 2: Stories: Unlimited connections -- Chapter 3: Documents: The bite of the paper tigers -- Chapter 4: Errors: The fantasy of infallibility -- Chapter 5: Decisions: A brief history of democracy and totalitarianism -- Part II: The inorganic network / Chapter 6: The new members: How computers are different from printing presses -- Chapter 7: Relentless: The network is always on -- Chapter 8: Fallible: The network is often wrong -- Part III: Computer politics / Chapter 9: Democracies: Can we still hold a conversation? -- Chapter 10: Totalitarianism: All power to the algorithms? -- Chapter 11: The silicon curtain: Global empire or global split? -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.
"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"--Book cover.
9781911717096 RM124.90
Information behavior--History.
Information networks --History.
Information technology--History.
001.09 / YUV
Nexus : A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI / Yuval Noah Harari. - xxxii, 492 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-476) and index.
Prologue -- Part I: Human networks / Chapter 1: What is information -- Chapter 2: Stories: Unlimited connections -- Chapter 3: Documents: The bite of the paper tigers -- Chapter 4: Errors: The fantasy of infallibility -- Chapter 5: Decisions: A brief history of democracy and totalitarianism -- Part II: The inorganic network / Chapter 6: The new members: How computers are different from printing presses -- Chapter 7: Relentless: The network is always on -- Chapter 8: Fallible: The network is often wrong -- Part III: Computer politics / Chapter 9: Democracies: Can we still hold a conversation? -- Chapter 10: Totalitarianism: All power to the algorithms? -- Chapter 11: The silicon curtain: Global empire or global split? -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.
"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"--Book cover.
9781911717096 RM124.90
Information behavior--History.
Information networks --History.
Information technology--History.
001.09 / YUV