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The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow — WisdomDeck honest review

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The Dawn of Everything

by David Graeber and David Wengrow

A new history of humanity arguing early societies were far more varied and free than the standard story. Huge, argumentative, exhilarating.

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you want to rethink Sapiens-style narratives.

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you want a short read.

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Three things you will actually use

Early humans experimented.
Hierarchy was not inevitable.
Freedom to refuse.

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Rewriting prehistory.

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