Pomona, CA

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

Release date September 10, 2024

Tracklist

1
Opening Credits
0:30
2
Dedication
0:14
3
Prologue
57:04
4
Part I: Human Networks
0:05
5
Chapter 1: What Is Information?
38:36
6
Chapter 2: Stories: Unlimited Connections
55:00
7
Chapter 3: Documents: The Bite of the Paper Tigers
1:14:38
8
Chapter 4: Errors: The Fantasy of Infallibility, Part 1
59:10
9
Chapter 4: Errors: The Fantasy of Infallibility, Part 2
1:02:43
10
Chapter 5: Decisions: A Brief History of Democracy and Totalitarianism, Part 1
56:18
11
Chapter 5: Decisions: A Brief History of Democracy and Totalitarianism, Part 2
1:08:06
12
Chapter 5: Decisions: A Brief History of Democracy and Totalitarianism, Part 3
1:00:21
13
Part II: The Inorganic Network
0:05
14
Chapter 6: The New Members: How Computers Are Different from Printing Presses, Part 1
41:06
15
Chapter 6: The New Members: How Computers Are Different from Printing Presses, Part 2
51:00
16
Chapter 7: Relentless: The Network Is Always On
1:04:02
17
Chapter 8: Fallible: The Network Is Often Wrong, Part 1
52:37
18
Chapter 8: Fallible: The Network Is Often Wrong, Part 2
1:02:53
19
Part III: Computer Politics
0:05
20
Chapter 9: Democracies: Can We Still Hold a Conversation? Part 1
46:39
21
Chapter 9: Democracies: Can We Still Hold a Conversation? Part 2
59:57
22
Chapter 10: Totalitarianism: All Power to the Algorithms?
29:05
23
Chapter 11: The Silicon Curtain: Global Empire or Global Split? Part 1
41:01
24
Chapter 11: The Silicon Curtain: Global Empire or Global Split? Part 2
42:39
25
Epilogue
23:36
26
Closing Credits
1:08

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