Nexus
Yuval Noah Harari explores how information networks evolved and how they shaped humanity. He analyzes the social, political and economic changes of the digital age.
What you get out of it
Understand the macroeconomic and social stakes of digital transformation
More information has never produced more truth. Just more power for those who sort it.
Why I recommend it
Harari tells the story of information the way others tell the story of empires: from clay tablets to language models, what changes at each step is who decides what gets circulated. The thesis is simple and unsettling.
This is the book I recommend if you want a wide-angle view of AI without reading a single benchmark. Dense but easy to follow. Save it for a time when you can get through whole chapters, not pages snatched on the subway.
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