Nexus

Winner of the 2014 Prometheus Award In the near future, the experimental nano-drug Nexus can link human together, mind to mind. There are some who want to improve it. There are some who want to eradicate it. And there are others who just want to exploit it.When a young scientist is caught improving Nexus, he’s thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage – for there is far more at stake than anyone realizes. File Under:Science Fiction[ Humanity 2.0 | Mind Matters | Hive | This Will Happen ]

Winner of the 2014 Prometheus Award In the near future, the experimental nano-drug Nexus can link human together, mind to mind. There are some who want to improve it. There are some who want to eradicate it. And there are others who just want to exploit it.When a young scientist is caught improving Nexus, he’s thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage – for there is far more at stake than anyone realizes. File Under: Science Fiction [ Humanity 2.0 | Mind Matters | Hive | This Will Happen ]

Nexus is the third volume of the scandalous trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion , Henry Miller's major life work The exhilarating final volume of Henry Miller's semi-autobiographical trilogy, Nexus follows his last months in New York. Trapped in a bizarre ménage-à-trois with his fiery wife Mona and her lover Stasia, he finds his life descending into chaos. Finally, betrayed and exhausted, he decides to leave America and sail for Paris, to discover his true vocation as a writer.

Nexus is the third volume of the scandalous trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion , Henry Miller's major life work The exhilarating final volume of Henry Miller's semi-autobiographical trilogy, Nexus follows his last months in New York. Trapped in a bizarre ménage-à-trois with his fiery wife Mona and her lover Stasia, he finds his life descending into chaos. Finally, betrayed and exhausted, he decides to leave America and sail for Paris, to discover his true vocation as a writer.

‘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 The mind-blowing story of how information networks – from the stone age to AI - have shaped our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens 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. **NOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE NEW MATERIAL FOR PAPERBACK AND EBOOK** 'One of the most remarkable intellects of our generation' RORY STEWART 'A wake-up call in the gentlest, most urgent way' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI 'This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI’ MUSTAFA SULEYMAN 'A super narrative writer' GUARDIAN ‘[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites' TELEGRAPH

I løbet af de sidste 100.000 år har vi – Sapiens – fået en enorm magt. Men på trods af alle vores opdagelser, opfindelser og erobringer befinder vi os nu i en eksistentiel krise. Verden står på randen af et økologisk kollaps. De internationale og politiske spændinger stiger. Og vi stormer hovedkulds ind i den kunstige intelligens’ tidsalder – et fremmed informationsnetværk, der truer med at udslette os. Hvorfor er vi – på trods af alt, hvad vi har opnået – så selvdestruktive? ”Nexus” kigger tilbage gennem menneskets lange historie for at blive klogere på, hvordan informationsstrømme har bragt os hertil. Yuval Noah Harari tager os fra stenalderen gennem kanoniseringen af Bibelen, opfindelsen af trykpressen, fremkomsten af massemedier og den nylige genopblussen af populismen og undersøger det komplekse forhold mellem information og sandhed, bureaukrati og mytologi, visdom og magt. Han udforsker, hvordan systemer som Romerriget, den katolske kirke og Sovjetunionen på godt og ondt har brugt information til at opnå deres mål. Og han beskriver de afgørende valg, vi står overfor, når ikkemenneskelig intelligens truer selve vores eksistens. Yuval Noah Harari er historiker, filosof og forfatter til bestsellerne ”Sapiens – en kort historie om menneskeheden”, ”Homo deus – en kort historie om i morgen”, ”21 ting du bør vide om det 21. århundrede” samt ”Sapiens – en graphic history” og ”Utrolige os”, hans første serie af bøger til børn. Hans bøger er oversat til 65 forskellige sprog og har i alt solgt mere end 45 millioner eksemplarer, hvoraf ”Sapiens” alene har solgt 25 millioner, siden den udkom i 2013. Yuval Noah Harari står også bag den internationale virksomhed Sapienship, der beskæftiger sig med uddannelse og historiefortælling, og som han har grundlagt sammen med sin mand, Itzik Yahav. Harari blev ph.d. fra University of Oxford i 2002 og er i dag lektor i historie ved Det Hebraiske Universitet i Jerusalem og Distinguished Research Fellow ved Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge. Han betragtes som en af verdens mest indflydelsesrige offentlige intellektuelle.

‘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 The mind-blowing story of how information networks – from the stone age to AI - have shaped our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens 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. **NOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE NEW MATERIAL FOR PAPERBACK AND EBOOK** 'One of the most remarkable intellects of our generation' RORY STEWART 'A wake-up call in the gentlest, most urgent way' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI 'This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI’ MUSTAFA SULEYMAN 'A super narrative writer' GUARDIAN ‘[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites' TELEGRAPH

Brought to you by Penguin.The mind-blowing story of humans, technology and power from the international and Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens.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.'If you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one, to know more of our history and be aware of our choices to come' TOM HANKS'A super narrative writer' GUARDIAN'[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites' TELEGRAPH(c)2024 Yuval Noah Harari (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Winner of the 2014 Prometheus Award In the near future, the experimental nano-drug Nexus can link human together, mind to mind. There are some who want to improve it. There are some who want to eradicate it. And there are others who just want to exploit it.When a young scientist is caught improving Nexus, he’s thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage – for there is far more at stake than anyone realizes. File Under: Science Fiction [ Humanity 2.0 | Mind Matters | Hive | This Will Happen ]

Brought to you by Penguin.The mind-blowing story of humans, technology and power from the international and Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens.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.'If you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one, to know more of our history and be aware of our choices to come' TOM HANKS'A super narrative writer' GUARDIAN'[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites' TELEGRAPH(c)2024 Yuval Noah Harari (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Winner of the 2014 Prometheus Award In the near future, the experimental nano-drug Nexus can link human together, mind to mind. There are some who want to improve it. There are some who want to eradicate it. And there are others who just want to exploit it.When a young scientist is caught improving Nexus, he's thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage - for there is far more at stake than anyone realizes. File Under: Science Fiction [ Humanity 2.0 | Mind Matters | Hive | This Will Happen ]

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. "Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly."-- The Economist "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 The Coming Wave 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. Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. "Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly."-- The Economist "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 The Coming Wave 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. Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.

I løbet af de sidste 100.000 år har vi – Sapiens – fået en enorm magt. Men på trods af alle vores opdagelser, opfindelser og erobringer befinder vi os nu i en eksistentiel krise. Verden står på randen af et økologisk kollaps. De internationale og politiske spændinger stiger. Og vi stormer hovedkulds ind i den kunstige intelligens’ tidsalder – et fremmed informationsnetværk, der truer med at udslette os. Hvorfor er vi – på trods af alt, hvad vi har opnået – så selvdestruktive? Nexus kigger tilbage gennem menneskets lange historie for at blive klogere på, hvordan informationsstrømme har bragt os hertil. Yuval Noah Harari tager os fra stenalderen gennem kanoniseringen af Bibelen, opfindelsen af trykpressen, fremkomsten af massemedier og den nylige genopblussen af populismen og undersøger det komplekse forhold mellem information og sandhed, bureaukrati og mytologi, visdom og magt. Han udforsker, hvordan systemer som Romerriget, den katolske kirke og Sovjetunionen på godt og ondt har brugt information til at opnå deres mål. Og han beskriver de afgørende valg, vi står overfor, når ikkemenneskelig intelligens truer selve vores eksistens.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. "Masterful and provocative."--Mustafa Suleyman 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. Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. "Masterful and provocative."--Mustafa Suleyman 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. Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.

The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens 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. PRAISE FOR NEXUS 'If you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one, to know more of our history and be aware of our choices to come' TOM HANKS 'One of the most remarkable intellects of our generation' RORY STEWART 'Tremendous, thought-provoking and so very well-reasoned . . . If there is one book that I would urge everyone to read - it is Nexus' STEPHEN FRY 'A wake-up call in the gentlest, most urgent way' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI 'This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI' MUSTAFA SULEYMAN 'A super narrative writer' GUARDIAN '[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites' TELEGRAPH PRAISE FOR YUVAL NOAH HARARI 'The great thinker of our age' The Times 'Interesting and provocative' Barack Obama 'One of my favourite writers and thinkers' Natalie Portman **Instant Sunday Times bestseller, September 2024**

The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens 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. PRAISE FOR NEXUS 'If you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one, to know more of our history and be aware of our choices to come' TOM HANKS 'One of the most remarkable intellects of our generation' RORY STEWART 'Tremendous, thought-provoking and so very well-reasoned . . . If there is one book that I would urge everyone to read - it is Nexus' STEPHEN FRY 'A wake-up call in the gentlest, most urgent way' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI 'This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI' MUSTAFA SULEYMAN 'A super narrative writer' GUARDIAN '[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites' TELEGRAPH PRAISE FOR YUVAL NOAH HARARI 'The great thinker of our age' The Times 'Interesting and provocative' Barack Obama 'One of my favourite writers and thinkers' Natalie Portman **Instant Sunday Times bestseller, September 2024**

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. 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. Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.