From fire signals to quantum code, from cave walls to neural links This is a gripping journey through the past, present, and future of human connection.
What do ancient cave paintings have in common with TikTok? How did Roman roads and Mongol riders lay the groundwork for your favorite podcast? Why are algorithms now deciding what we see, believe, and even who we become?
In this bold and accessible reimagining of our information age, we explores the hidden architecture behind every conversation, revolution, and social shift in human history. It reveals how the power to connect has always been the power to influence-sometimes for liberation, sometimes for control.
Spanning millennia and continents, this book uncovers:
How bureaucrats and priests became early information gatekeepers
Why the printing press shattered old hierarchies and created new ones
How the telegraph, telephone, and television rewired our sense of time and truth
The rise of social media and how it turned us all into content creators and commodities
What it means to live in an algorithmic world where machines shape our desires
And what might come next from quantum networks to brain-computer interfaces
But this is more than a history. It's a wake-up call and a vision for what comes after the internet. In an age of misinformation, surveillance capitalism, and AI-fueled disruption, this book asks:
Are we still the authors of our own networks, or have we become the product?
Whether you're a technologist, a thinker, a skeptic, or simply someone trying to understand the world you scroll through daily, Nexus Rewired offers the clarity, curiosity, and caution we desperately need.