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“The Dawn of Everything - a new history of humanity”, updated my models on how we look at history and historical events. Fantastic read!
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I loved the Dawn of Everything in Bits and pieces. Anything by Sally Rooney.
IV. The Dawn of Everything by @davidgraeber and @davidwengrow The most important book I read in 2022. Its core argument: that the shape of societies – hierarchical or non, authoritarian or free – is not foreordained by our technology or living arrangements. 46/
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the dawn of everything by david graeber + david wengrow - recc if you like anthropology overviews
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Amazing book, I also like BS jobs and loved “the dawn of everything” by the same author, but “debt” was for me the best.
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The Dawn of Everything. The Cold Start Problem is in second place. Unusually awesomely good for a business book. It won't feel like work to read it.
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While there’s pushback from the anthropological community, “The Dawn of Everything” was fantastic. Even if some of the debated points don’t fall in the authors’ favor, there’s much to take away from it on the concepts of creativity and inevitability (well, the lack of it).