Dawn of Everything Book
Comments primarily recommend 'The Dawn of Everything' by David Graeber and David Wengrow as a nuanced alternative to popular human history books like Sapiens by Harari and Guns, Germs, and Steel by Diamond, challenging conventional narratives on societal development.
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The usual book suggested with many counterclaims which is less famous is "The Dawn of everything". A beautiful read and a lot clearer on what is research and what is opinion.Not for Harari or Pinker readers, see here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/
I recommend reading The Dawn of Everythingedit: harari is a hack, you wouldn't have made the comparison had you read the graeber/wengrow
I recommend “The Dawn of Everything” by David Graeber and David Wengrow - they do a good job dispelling this myth.
Probably better to get a fuller view of history from The Dawn of Everything https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374157357/thedawnofeveryt...
You might like Graeber's book "The Dawn of Everything". He goes into some of the scientific historic reasons for why.
Yes, Read the Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow.
I read Sapiens and its companion a few years ago.This year I read Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity' by David Graeber and David Wengrow [0]. And found it much more nuanced, interesting and believable. Harari's narrative is just too slick.[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29316008
An iconoclastic recent book: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanityhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250858801/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
Yes, read Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow.
Maybe you would enjoy reading: http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/03...