Nexus
Yuval Noah Harari's Nexus traces the history of human information networks from oral traditions through written scripture, the printing press, modern bureaucracy, and into the present-day algorithmic platforms running social and political life. Harari argues that information networks have always been the substrate of civilization, and that AI represents the first non-human agent ever invited inside those networks as a participant rather than a tool. The book moves through the canonization of the Bible, early-modern witch hunts, Stalinist purges, Nazi propaganda, and 21st-century social-media collapse to ask what happens when the network starts to author its own stories.
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From the author of Sapiens, a 2024 history of human information networks from the Stone Age to AI, asking what happens when the network starts to write itself.
Partly. Nexus (2024) is Harari's history of information networks from prehistory to AI. He argues that the difference between truth and information has shaped human history, and that AI marks a profound new chapter.
Reading Sapiens first builds context for Harari's broader framework, but Nexus stands on its own. Each can be read as an entry point to his work.
Nexus was written by Yuval Noah Harari, published in 2024 by Random House.
Nexus is 524 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Nexus takes most readers 8 to 11 hours to finish.
Nexus is a standalone novel by Yuval Noah Harari, not part of a series.
Nexus is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
