randomprogrammer 's review for:

The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow, David Graeber
5.0

Goodreads published this before I was done writing it. I've got quite a lot to say about this excellent book, and I will add it all later when I actually have time.

Right off the bat, Graeber lays down some wonderfully commentary on how the history and societies are more nuanced and interesting than is normally let on. He speaks of how we often become trapped in seeing the world in some extreme, either hobsian or that other one, but the reality was more complex.

Take for example colonialism. For