《智人之上》内容简介
在过去10万年里，我们智人积攒了巨大的力量。然而，持续不断的发明与征服也将我们推入了一场生存危机。全球生态濒临崩溃，虚假信息泛滥。我们正一头扎进可能毁灭我们自身的、由新型信息网络组成的人工智能时代。
人类如此智慧，为什么却总是倾向于自我毁灭？我们为什么走到了生态和技术自杀的边缘？当非人智能威胁到人类的生存时，人类如何做出明智的选择？
从口口相传的故事，到文字书写，再到人工智能，《智人之上》透过大历史的长镜头，讲述信息网络如何塑造了我们和我们的世界，邀请我们思考信息与真相、神话与官僚制度、智慧与权力之间的复杂关系，探讨不同的社会结构在试图构建信息网络时面临的关键困境。
如果我们拓宽视野，看看人类的信息网络在过去几千年如何发展，我们也许可以更了解今日与未来发生的事情。
作者简介
尤瓦尔·赫拉利（YuvalNoahHarari）
历史学家、哲学家、全球畅销书作家，第十届文津图书奖得主。著有《人类简史》《未来简史》《今日简史》等现象级畅销书。他的著作已被翻译成65种语言，全球销售4500多万册。
赫拉利教授是牛津大学历史学博士，现任耶路撒冷希伯来大学历史系教授、剑桥大学存在风险研究中心特聘研究员。他与伊茨克·哈雅夫共同创立智慧之船（Sapienship）。
赫拉利教授关注的领域横跨历史学、人类学、生态学、基因学等，他从宏观角度切入的研究往往得到颇具新意而又耐人寻味的观点，引发全球广泛关注。
A brief introduction to "Above Homo sapiens"
Over the past 100,000 years, we Homo sapiens have accumulated tremendous strength. However, constant invention and conquest has also pushed us into an existential crisis. The global ecosystem is on the verge of collapse, and disinformation is rampant. We are rushing headlong into the age of artificial intelligence, comprised of new information networks that could destroy us.
Why is it that humans, so intelligent, are so prone to self-destruction? Why are we on the brink of ecological and technological suicide? How can humans make wise choices when inhuman intelligence threatens their survival?
From word-of-mouth stories, to writing, to artificial intelligence, Homo Sapiens tells the story of how information networks have shaped us and our world through the long lens of big history, inviting us to consider the complex relationships between information and truth, myth and bureaucracy, wisdom and power, and exploring the key dilemmas that different social structures face in trying to construct information networks.
If we broaden our view and look at how human information networks have developed over the past few thousand years, we may be able to better understand what is happening today and in the future.
About the author
Yuval Harari
Historian, philosopher, global bestselling author, winner of the 10th Buntsu Book Award. He is the author of phenomenal-level bestsellers such as A Brief History of Mankind, A Brief History of the Future and a Brief History of Today. His books have been translated into 65 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.
Professor Harari holds a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and is currently Professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Existential Risk Studies at the University of Cambridge. He co-founded Sapienship with Itzik Hayaf.
Professor Harari's fields of interest span history, anthropology, ecology, genetics, etc., and his research from a macro perspective often results in innovative and intriguing views, which have attracted widespread global attention.
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