Book Review- Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari
“Instead of dividing democracies from totalitarian regimes, a new Silicon Curtain may separate all humans from our unfathomable algorithmic overlords.”
Thrilling, chilling and a shift-thinking book!!
With his unique ability to unite both history and its grandest megatrends in a single view, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI is my next read. It took me longer to read because I kept rereading certain parts. This is not because the book is difficult, quite the opposite, but because I wanted to understand the author’s point of view and let it sink into my head.
It is that kind of book which direct towards many futures depending on what kind of present steps we are venturing!!
The book takes a holistic viewpoint, considering the history of communication, knowledge, human networks, inorganic networks, and, finally, computer politics. This broader lens makes the book especially powerful, because it shows that today’s technological revolution is part of a much longer story about how information has shaped civilisations, institutions, and human behaviour.
As someone who uses AI tools extensively in both my work and personal life, I found myself agreeing with many of Harari’s ideas about the future, especially his concerns about disinformation and the risks AI could pose to democracy. Where I feel a little more cautious is around the question of existential threat. That said, trying to predict the future is always uncertain, and that uncertainty is exactly what makes books like this so valuable
All in all, I believe this book is a worthy read for anyone, even casually, interested in AI and its impact on human society. Harari’s mix of history, philosophy and future outlook makes for a very compelling read.
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ReplyDeleteHarari's MISDIRECTING "Cognitive Revolution" (Homo Deus) PROPAGANDA notions on homo sapiens is meant to normalize the sick schemes of moral relativism, truth relativism, and transhumanism (pushed by the ruling class of criminals) among the public.
ReplyDelete"We have been seduced by Harari because of the power not of his truth or scholarship but of his storytelling. .... Yuval Harari is what I call a “science populist.” Science populists are gifted storytellers who weave sensationalist yarns around scientific “facts” in simple, emotionally persuasive language. Their narratives are largely scrubbed clean of nuance or doubt, giving them a false air of authority—and making their message even more convincing. ... science populists are sources of misinformation. They promote false crises, while presenting themselves as having the answers. They understand the seduction of a story well told—relentlessly seeking to expand their audience—never mind that the underlying science is warped in the pursuit of fame and influence. ... the factual validity of Yuval Harari’s work has received little evaluation from scholars or major publications. ... I consulted colleagues in the neuroscience and evolutionary biology community and found that Harari’s errors are numerous and substantial, and cannot be dismissed as nit-picking. Though sold as nonfiction, some of his narratives hue closer to fiction than fact—all signs of a science populist." ---Darshana Narayanan, Neuroscientist [https://archive.md/ygHWr]
Evidently, "special" pseudoscientific agent Harari has been deliberately promoted by the criminal fake establishment to spread "persuasive" propaganda among the masses!
The proof of this is obvious...
Yuval Harari, affiliated with Schwab's WEF's [https://archive.md/vrZGf] and one of WEF's frontman psychopaths [https://www.bitchute.com/video/Alhj4UwNWp2m].
Manipulative Harari's self-serving focus has been for many years on humans' capacity to believe fictional stories and therefore can be controlled via narrative, fictional or not, as long as everyone believes the same story -- the official story, the authorized narrative, such on 9/11 or on Covid, etc. This interplay of human capacity to trust and follow "official" narratives AND the major controllers of these authorized narratives, ie the psychopathic authorities in power, is coherently explained at https://www.rolf-hefti.com/covid-19-coronavirus.html
Anyone still not capable of seeing that Harari is an insane psychopath? Perhaps this will do it...
“From a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behavior, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist, so it would need no prohibition.” --- Yuval Noah Harari, in a Tweet on August 24th, 2023 (https://archive.ph/pC6L2)
Author Walker Larson exposed “the horror” of that insane statement: “If something can be done, it is natural; whatever is natural shouldn’t be prohibited; therefore, anything that can be done should not be prohibited.” & “For people like Harari, everything is morally neutral because nothing has an objective purpose and everything is just another glob of molecules.” & “...all manner of malevolence and brutality becomes justifiable in the minds of the perpetrators—as 20th-century history has taught us.” & [Harari's sentences] if acted upon, are the harbingers of tyranny, terror, and torture.” (https://archive.ph/pjixD)
How can the masses get out of this whole mess? First, EVERYONE needs to learn, and teach others, what true morality is (it's NOT the same as religious morality): https://www.whatonearthishappening.com/news/988-mark-passio-interviewed-by-axel-dahi-2026-04-16
AI (Acutal Intelligence) vs AI (Artificial Intelligence)
DeleteAI will definitely change the lives of humans. But it should not be in the total control of AI.
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