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
‘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

'One of the most remarkable intellects of our generation' Rory Stewart

'This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI’ Mustafa Suleyman

Praise for Yuval Noah Harari

‘The great thinker of our age’ The Times on 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

‘Interesting and provocative’ Barack Obama on Sapiens

‘One of my favourite writers and thinkers’ Natalie Portman on Sapiens

‘Sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain . . . Radiates power and clarity’ Sunday Times on Sapiens

‘It altered how I view our species and our world’ Guardian on Sapiens