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

Yuval Noah Harari • Random House • 2024

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Uncontrollable Power

by David Meyer

Historian and bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari details a history of information-sharing and examines AI as a tool for ignorance versus intelligence and totalitarianism versus democracy.

Historian Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of Sapiens, explores the symbiotic relationship between information networks and human societies, emphasizing that humankind’s capacity to collect, store, and transmit information drives its evolution.

Power

In a world with artificial intelligence (AI), a fundamental misunderstanding of power could precipitate humanity’s undoing.

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