Yuval Noah Harari

Kuinka tieto yhdisti ihmiset? Sapiens-kirjallaan tunnetuksi tullut Yuval Noah Harari tarkastelee uutuuskirjassaan Nexus – Tietoverkkojen lyhyt historia, miten informaation virta on rakentanut ja tuhonnut maailmaamme. Viime 100 000 vuoden ajan me sapiensit olemme koonneet itsellemme huikeasti vaikutusvaltaa. Mutta kaikista keksinnöistämme, löydöistämme ja valloituksistamme huolimatta meitä uhkaavat suuret vaarat: maailma on ekologisen romahduksen partaalla, poliittiset jännitteet kasvavat ja väärää tietoa on kaikkialla. Lisäksi syöksymme suin päin tekoälyn aikakauteen – tuntemattomaan tietoverkkoon, joka saattaa hävittää lajimme. Miksi olemme niin itsetuhoisia kaikista saavuttamistamme edistysaskelista huolimatta? Menestyskirjailija Yuval Noah Hararin Nexus tarkastelee ihmiskunnan pitkää historiaa ja pohtii, miten tiedon virta on tuonut meidät tähän pisteeseen. Teos vie meidät kivikaudelta Raamatun kanonisointiin, painotekniikan keksimiseen, joukkoviestinnän kehittymiseen ja populismin viimeaikaiseen nousuun. Se käsittelee myös pian kohtaamiamme ajankohtaisia valintoja, kun ei-inhimillinen äly uhkaa olemassaoloamme. Tieto ei ole totuuden raaka-ainetta eikä pelkkä ase. Nexus etsii toiveikasta keskitietä näiden ääripäiden välillä ja pyrkii samalla löytämään yhteisen ihmisyytemme uudelleen. Yuval Noah Harari (s. 1976) väitteli historian tohtoriksi Oxfordissa. Hän asuu aviomiehensä kanssa Tel Avivin lähistöllä, opettaa historiaa Jerusalemin heprealaisessa yliopistossa ja kiertää luennoimassa kaikkialla maailmassa. Aiemmat teokset Sapiens, Homo deus ja 21 oppituntia maailman tilasta ovat olleet kansainvälisiä menestyksiä, ja ne on julkaistu jo lähes 40 kielellä ympäri maailmaa.

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.

I løbet af de sidste 100.000 år har vi – Sapiens – fået en enorm magt. Men på trods af alle vores opdagelser, opfindelser og erobringer befinder vi os nu i en eksistentiel krise. Verden står på randen af et økologisk kollaps. De internationale og politiske spændinger stiger. Og vi stormer hovedkulds ind i den kunstige intelligens’ tidsalder – et fremmed informationsnetværk, der truer med at udslette os. Hvorfor er vi – på trods af alt, hvad vi har opnået – så selvdestruktive? Nexus kigger tilbage gennem menneskets lange historie for at blive klogere på, hvordan informationsstrømme har bragt os hertil. Yuval Noah Harari tager os fra stenalderen gennem kanoniseringen af Bibelen, opfindelsen af trykpressen, fremkomsten af massemedier og den nylige genopblussen af populismen og undersøger det komplekse forhold mellem information og sandhed, bureaukrati og mytologi, visdom og magt. Han udforsker, hvordan systemer som Romerriget, den katolske kirke og Sovjetunionen på godt og ondt har brugt information til at opnå deres mål. Og han beskriver de afgørende valg, vi står overfor, når ikkemenneskelig intelligens truer selve vores eksistens.

The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories 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'One of the most remarkable intellects of our generation' RORY STEWART‘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'A wake-up call in the gentlest, most urgent way' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI'This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI’ MUSTAFA SULEYMAN'A super narrative writer' GUARDIAN‘[Harari] sticks the world together in a gleaming shape that inspires and excites' TELEGRAPHPRAISE FOR YUVAL NOAH HARARI‘The great thinker of our age’ The Times‘Interesting and provocative’ Barack Obama‘One of my favourite writers and thinkers’ Natalie Portman**Instant Sunday Times bestseller, September 2024**

Fra forfatteren av bestselgeren Sapiens kommer den banebrytende historien om hvordan informasjonsnettverk har skapt, og destabilisert, vår verden. I løpet av de siste 100 000 årene har menneskeheten blitt en mektig art. Men til tross for oppdagelser, oppfinnelser og erobringer, befinner vi oss nå i en eksistensiell krise. Verden er på randen av økologisk kollaps. Feilinformasjonen florerer. Og vi kaster oss hodestups over kunstig intelligens – et nytt informasjonsnettverk som truer med å utslette oss. Med tanke på alt vi har oppnådd, hvorfor er vi så selvdestruktive? Nexus ser på menneskets historie gjennom en bred linse for å finne ut hvordan informasjonsflyten har formet oss. Yuval Noah Harari tar leseren med fra steinalderen, gjennom kanoniseringen av Bibelen, heksejakten, stalinismen, nazismen og gjenoppblomstringen av populismen, og oppfordrer oss til å tenke gjennom det komplekse forholdet mellom informasjon og sannhet, byråkrati og mytologi, visdom og makt. Han utforsker hvordan ulike samfunn og politiske systemer på godt og vondt har brukt informasjon for å nå sine mål. Og han tar opp de presserende valgene vi står overfor når ikke-menneskelig intelligens truer vår eksistens. Informasjon er ikke sannhetens råmateriale; det er heller ikke bare et våpen. Nexus utforsker den håpefulle middelveien mellom disse ytterpunktene, og på veien gjenoppdager han egenskapene som gjør oss til mennesker.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. "Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly."--The Economist "This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI and automated content production. . . . Masterful and provocative."--Mustafa Suleyman, author of The Coming Wave For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI--a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems throughout history have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence. Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. "Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly."--The Economist "This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI and automated content production. . . . Masterful and provocative."--Mustafa Suleyman, author of The Coming Wave For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI--a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems throughout history have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence. Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.

En este nuevo volumen de la adaptaci n gr fica de Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen y Daniel Casaneve contin an, con ingenio, empat a y originalidad, present ndonos la complicada historia de la humanidad de la mano de un elenco de personajes fascinantes. A veces la Historia parece condensarse en una lista de monarcas malvados, presidentes pomposos y dictadores ruines. Pero son realmente ellos los que llevan la voz cantante? Sapiens: una historia gr fica - Los amos de la historia nos sumerge en un divertido viaje por el pasado de la humanidad para descubrir cu les son las fuerzas que cambian nuestro mundo, nos unen y, casi con la misma frecuencia... nos separan. Con Los amos de la historia, asiste en primera fila al mayor espect culo del mundo y descubre el auge del dinero, la religi n y el imperio. nete a nuestra fabulosa anfitriona Heroda Tush, mientras se pregunta: Qu superh roe hist rico tendr el poder de hacer surgir y caer civilizaciones? Demostrar el Sr. Azar que la suerte y las circunstancias prevalecen? Nos convencer Lady Imperio de la fuerza irrefutable de los conquistadores? O se adelantar Clashwoman a todos ellos record ndonos los interminables enfrentamientos que parecen asolar eternamente a nuestra especie? ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This third volume of the illustrated adaptation of the internationally bestselling phenomenon, Sapiens: A Graphic History--The Masters of History, tackles the question of the driving force of humanity's fate: is it empire, money, religion--or something else entirely--that unites us? Sometimes history seems like a laundry list of malevolent monarchs, pompous presidents, and dastardly dictators. But are they really the ones in the driving seat? Sapiens: A Graphic History--The Masters of History takes us on an immersive and hilarious ride through the human past to discover the forces that change our world, bring us together, and just as often... tear us apart. Grab a front-row seat to the greatest show on earth, and explore the rise of money, religion, and empire. Join our fabulous host Heroda Tush, as she wonders: Which historical superhero will display the power to make civilizations rise and fall? Will Mr. Random prove that luck and circumstance prevail? Will Lady Empire convince us of the irrefutable shaping force of conquerors? Or will Clashwoman beat them all to greatness by reminding us of the endless confrontations that seem to forever plague our species? In this next volume of the bestselling graphic series, Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen and Daniel Casanave continue to present the complicated story of humankind with wit, empathy, and originality. Alongside the unlikely cast of new characters, we are rejoined by the familiar faces of Yuval, Zoe, Professor Saraswati, Bill and Cindy (now Romans), Skyman and Captain Dollar. As they travel through time, space, and human drama in search of truth, it's impossible not to wonder: why can't we all just get along? This third installment in the Sapiens: A Graphic History series is an engaging, insightful, and colorful retelling of the story of humankind for curious minds of all ages, and can be browsed through on its own or read in sequence with Volumes One and Two.

HOMO DEUS udforsker de projekter, drømme og mareridt, som vil forme det 21. århundrede - fra hvordan vi overvinder døden, til hvordan vi skaber kunstig intelligens. Bogen stiller det fundamentale spørgsmål: Hvor går mennesket hen herfra? Og hvordan kan vi forsvare en skrøbelig verden mod vores egne destruktive kræfter? Dette er det næste stadie i menneskets evolution. Dette er Homo deus. Yuval Noah Hararis forrige bog, bestselleren SAPIENS, viste os, hvor vi kom fra. HOMO DEUS viser os, hvor vi er på vej hen. Den israelske historiker beskriver med sin sædvanlige kombination af videnskab, historie og filosofi en ikke så fjern fremtid, hvor vi går nye udfordringer i møde. "Homo deus vil chokere dig. Den vil underholde dig. Men først og fremmest vil den få dig til at tænke på en måde, du aldrig har gjort før." Daniel Kahneman, forfatter til bestselleren At tænke - hurtigt og langsomt

Miksi toiset ihmiset saavat määrätä toisia? Sapiens-teoksellaan maailmanmaineeseen kiitänyt Yuval Noah Harari jatkaa toisessa nuorille suunnatussa Pysäyttämätön ihminen -kirjassaan ihmiskunnan kiehtovan historian luotaamista. Neliosaisen Pysäyttämätön ihminen -sarjan toisessa kirjassa kysytään, miksi maailma on niin epäoikeudenmukainen paikka. Mistä sai alkunsa se, että jotkut ihmiset ovat kuninkaita ja johtajia ja muut suostuvat siihen? Sarjan aloitusosasta Kuinka valloitimme maailman sanottua:”Kirja on kirjoitettu varhaisnuorille, mutta jestas, sen ahnaisee kernaasti aikuinenkin.” Sanna Kangasniemi, Helsingin Sanomat”Hyvä tietokirja. Suosittelen!” Hannu Sinisalo, kirjavinkit.fi”Harari on onnistunut, koska hänen ajatuksensa ovat koskettavia ja herättävät pohtimaan.” New York TimesYuval Noah Harari (s. 1976) on israelilainen historioitsija, jonka yleistajuisia teoksia ihmiskunnasta ja maailmasta on myyty yli 35 miljoonaa kappaletta 65 kielellä. Ricard Zaplana Ruiz (s. 1973) on espanjalainen kuvittaja, joka on piirtänyt mm. Lego Star Wars -sarjakuvia.

Hvad er de største udfordringer i verden i dag? Hvad er den dybere betydning af disse udfordringer? Og hvordan kan vi hver især finde vores vej igennem dem? 21 HISTORIER OM DET 21. ÅRHUNDREDE undersøger nogle af de vigtigste problemer og begivenheder lige nu, blandt andet terrorisme, fake news, immigration, global opvarmning og Donald Trump. Yuval Harari tager også fat på mere nære emner som menneskelig modstandskraft, beskedenhed og meditation. Yuval Hararis forrige bøger er blevet verdensomspændende bestsellere. I Sapiens skrev han om vores fortid, og i Homo Deus skrev han om vores fremtid. I 21 historier om det 21. århundrede kigger han på her og nu - og hjælper os med at fokusere på de vigtigste spørgsmål, vi bør stille os selv i dag.

*From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes the next volume in the incredible story of the human race, for younger readers.*Something really strange happened 10,000 years ago, and it changed everything. Why did millions of people agree to obey a few leaders? Where did kings and kingdoms come from? The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story. Have you ever wondered how we got here? From gathering berries and hunting mammoths, to shopping at supermarkets and letting people tell us what to do? You might hear a lot of people say 'the world isn't fair'. But why isn't it? And how did it become so? In Unstoppable Us: Volume 1, we learned how humans told stories to become rulers of the world - for good and bad. Now, in this next chapter of the incredible true tale of the Unstoppables, find out how we learned to control animals like dogs, chicken and cows . . . And how a handful of humans learned to control everyone else. With full-colour illustrations showing the relentless rise and rise of the human race, this is history like you've never experienced it before.