Connected

CONNECTED

THE INCREDIBLE HISTORY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

From the first painted symbols on cave walls to the quantum internet of the future, humanity's greatest adventure has been one of connection.

In Connected, Tarek Amer takes you on a breathtaking journey through the evolution of information technology - the story of how we learned to create, store, transmit, and understand information, and how these inventions transformed our world and ourselves.

DISCOVER HOW:

Early humans communicated through sounds, stories, and symbols

Writing, paper, and the printing press spread knowledge

The telegraph, telephone, radio, and television connected the world

The computer gave us the power to process information

Digital media, satellites, and the internet changed everything

The smartphone put the world in our pockets

Artificial intelligence began to think with us

Quantum technology will connect everything - instantly

And together, all these innovations point to a future of a truly Smart Planet and Homo Empatheticus

A fascinating exploration of the ideas, inventions, and visionaries that built the network of civilization..

The story of how we came to be... connected.