The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow, David Graeber

The Dawn of Everything

David Wengrow, David Graeber

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 67%
reflective 56%
inspiring 40%
hopeful 31%
adventurous 8%
funny 7%
mysterious 1%

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medium 38%
fast 1%

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