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

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

'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

Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher and the global bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, the graphic adaptation series Sapiens: A Graphic History, and Unstoppable Us, his first series of books for children. His books have sold over 45 million copies in 65 languages, with Sapiens alone selling 25 million copies since it was first published in 2013. A New York Times and Sunday Times #1 bestseller, Sapiens spent an incredible 96 consecutive weeks in the top 3 of the Sunday Times bestseller list. Yuval Noah Harari is also behind Sapienship – an international social impact company focused on education and storytelling, which he co-founded with his husband Itzik Yahav. Harari is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals today.

Yuval Noah Harari is the undisputed maestro of the big idea . . . Nobody can pull of a big theory as suavely as he can ― THE TIMES

[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites ― TELEGRAPH

A superb narrative writer ― GUARDIAN

[A] thoughtful book . . . An important perspective at a time when the info-wars seem likely to only get worse -- Gillian Tett ― FINANCIAL TIMES

[Harari] makes fun of people like myself who saw more information as always a good thing . . . I would basically say he’s right and I was wrong -- BILL GATES

If you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one, to know more of our history and be aware our choices to come -- TOM HANKS

Engrossing . . . A diagnosis and a call to action . . . If [Nexus] sells anywhere near as well as Sapiens did, we’ll be that bit better equipped as a species to deal with the rise of the machines ― OBSERVER

A useful, well-informed primer . . . Wise and bold ― NEW YORK TIMES

A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly . . . Harari's narrative is engaging, and his framing is strikingly original ― ECONOMIST

One of our foremost big-picture thinkers about the grand sweep of humanity, history and the future ― TIME