Reviews - Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

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

This book is so interesting but it's also a huge bummer. Because people are awful. Still worth a read, though, because the context of how we got from rabbis arguing over the old testament to Black Mirror is intriguing.

brogleman's review against another edition

3.25

informative slow-paced

perh's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

batsysk's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

This was the first book I’ve read by this author—and probably the last.
I get that I’m not the target reader here because I don’t enjoy books about politics, but this felt more like the author sharing his personal opinions with some factual background. I was hoping for a book that would educate me by presenting only facts and questions, but instead I got a lot of the author’s viewpoints and stories that felt only loosely connected to the chapter topics. There were a few interesting parts, but much of it felt like basic knowledge dressed up with a ‘wow’ effect.
Nothing against the author—it’s just not the right book for me.