Summary: On this podcast a couple weeks ago I explored <a href="https://www.dailyevolver.com/2021/10/the-great-stage-theory-debate/">“The Great Stage Theory Debate”,</a> a controversy kicked off by a tweet from Nora Bateson that said that developmental theory is “BS, colonial as hell and has got to go.”<br> Now, apparently, we have the whole book version! “The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity,” by anthropologist David Graeber and archaeologist David Wengrow makes a similar case, aiming, as the New York Times writes, “to upend the narrative of social evolution.”<br> Several listeners have written for my opinions about the book. I have kept up with David Graeber, the self-described “anarchist economist,” since he arose as a philosophical leader of the Occupy Wall Street movement a few years ago. I’m looking forward to reading the book and may have more to say on it when I do. In the meantime (it is 706 pages after all!) I’ll get the ball rolling by examining several key ideas behind the book using clips from a video that the authors recorded before Graeber’s untimely death prior to the book’s publication.<br> I hope you enjoy the podcast! – Jeff Salzman<br> PS – I also wanted to let you know about a special event in which I will be a guest. This Monday and Tuesday, Integral Institute Brazil celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a zoom conference featuring Ken Wilber and an exciting slate of Integral luminaries. Check it out <a href="https://institutointegralbrasil.orbitpages.online/">here</a>.<br> <a href="https://institutointegralbrasil.orbitpages.online/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><br>
