02069cam a2200289 i 4500 300077724 MBIP 20260113102310.0 260113s2024 enk b 001 0 eng d 9781911717096 RM124.90 paperback MBIP eng MBIP NF rda 23 001.09 YUV Harari, Yuval N., author. Nexus : A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI / Yuval Noah Harari. London : Fern Press, 2024. xxxii, 492 pages ; 24 cm rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume 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. Information behavior History. Information networks History. Information technology History. ddc BK 0 0 0 ddc 0 0 NON-FIC (BK) MEDINI MEDINI GEN 2026-01-13 IMS BOOKS TRADING SDN BHD 124.90 0 001.09 YUV 2024 c.1 00001561 2026-01-13 1 124.90 2026-01-13 BK 1294 1294