The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, David Wengrow

The Dawn of Everything

David Graeber, David Wengrow

704 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

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: 63%

reflective: 54%

inspiring: 35%

hopeful: 30%

adventurous: 7%

funny: 7%

lighthearted: 1%

mysterious: 1%


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