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Nexus A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

Yuval Noah Harari

#1 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 o...

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The Ezra Klein Show

He recommended Nexus, noting it examines the profound implications of artificial intelligence, especially the shift from tools to autonomous agents.

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The second is a book that I'm just partly through, but I actually I'll read the whole thing, but I skipped to the end because I really wanted to focus on the AI part of it, which is Nexus by Yuval Har...

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He recommended Nexus, noting it examines the profound implications of artificial intelligence, especially the shift from tools to autonomous agents.

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The second is a book that I'm just partly through, but I actually I'll read the whole thing, but I skipped to the end because I really wanted to focus on the AI part of it, which is Nexus by Yuval Hariri. And I think everyone should read this book because, to me, I don't agree with every word of it, but it paints a picture of what we are going to be contending with artificial intelligence that, frankly, is a little bit worrisome, but is also so deeply thoughtful.

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