The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow, David Graeber

The Dawn of Everything

David Wengrow, David Graeber

526 pages first pub 2021 (editions) not a book user-added

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced

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For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, b...

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informative 96%
challenging 64%
reflective 54%
inspiring 37%
hopeful 32%
adventurous 8%
funny 8%
mysterious 1%

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