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.
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Dopamine Nation argues that constant, easy access to pleasure has tipped our brains toward compulsive overconsumption, and that embracing discomfort is the way back to balance.
The Dream Hotel is Laila Lalami's dystopian take on predictive policing, surveillance capitalism, and the erosion of privacy and freedom.
Happier Hour argues that how you spend your time matters more than how much of it you have, and offers research-backed strategies for designing your hours to maximize happiness.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a universally resonant tale of Eddie, a maintenance worker whose afterlife journey through five revealing encounters proves that every life, regardless of how ordinary it seems, is profoundly connected to others and filled with hidden purpose.
