I'm three posts in! Being consistent is half the battle. What the ancient past can teach us...join me in Chapter 3 of #TheDawnOfEverything and unlock what it all means for us today! frontalobe.substack.com/p/slow-read-bo…

We're getting into the meat of inequality, chapter 3 out now! open.substack.com/pub/frontalobe…

Read Chapter 3 of Graeber and Wengrow's #TheDawnOfEverything accompanied by episode 5 of Netflix's #AncientApocalypse. (Gobleki Tepe in HD!) How can you reinterpret Graham Hancock's perspective? open.substack.com/pub/frontalobe…

So I'm five hours behind schedule. When you don't make a draft early, just cut, and stop. Read all about cultural differences and the rise of violence, Chapter 5, Part 1 #TheDawnOfEverything from #DavidGraeber and #DavidWengrow. open.substack.com/pub/frontalobe…

It's amazing how 3,000 - 9,000 people hauled about 239,000 cubic meters of soil to build Mound A in Poverty Point in about 90 days using only baskets?! Pretty wild for the #Paleolithic period! #TheDawnofEverything #DavidWengrow open.substack.com/pub/frontalobe…

Meet Lucy Parker Telles (1885-1955), a Yosemite Indian, who wove fine basketry used for processing acorn, their staple food. Read more about how this technology contributed to anti-slavery on the West Coast. frontalobe.substack.com/p/slow-read-bo…

Will #DavidGraeber and #DavidWengrow succeed in finding alternatives to centralised forms of government? Catch up on #TheDawnofEverything frontalobe.substack.com/p/slow-read-bo…

I was blown away about #Neolithic #Amazonia farming as early as 2,050 BC and designing networked #urban jungle settlements! Read more as I tackle, Chapter 7 of #TheDawnofEverything open.substack.com/pub/frontalobe…

Did you know that there were hippos in the Thames and Sahara was a green belt 130,000 y.a.? I did not. But our Neolithic ancestors were busy advancing multiple agricultural strategies! Read more in Chapter 7 of #TheDawnOfEverything frontalobe.substack.com/p/slow-read-bo…

Amazing 2022 archaeological find in Sayburç Tepe in #Anatolia and what it means for #Neolithic #egalitarian societies. open.substack.com/pub/frontalobe… #Archaeology #Turkey #Patriarchy

Slow Read Book Club: I never thought I would have the problem of tackling too much archaeological data like in Chinese pre-history! The #Shimao pyramid is something else! open.substack.com/pub/frontalobe…

A tiny Mesoamerican Republic against Spain! #Tlaxcallan is a rebellious place everyone needs to know. Plus a #Teotihuacan quiet revolution?! Slow Read Book Club: Chapter 8 (Part 6) The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow open.substack.com/pub/frontalobe…

My Tech Stack: Reading The Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford Can we ultimately refuse participation in AI systems? open.substack.com/pub/frontalobe…

We're starting 2024 with a new book! Slow Read Book Club: Afterword, Debt the Last 5,000 Years by David Graeber open.substack.com/pub/frontalobe…