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Thursday, May 28, 2026

Sapiens, pages 20-21: "The Tree of Knowledge mutation" (You CAN make this stuff up.)

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I'm reviewing Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari one page at a time. Chapter 1 felt like an eternity. Given all ...
Friday, May 8, 2026

Sapiens, pages 16-19: The "Unsetting and Perhaps Thrilling" End of Chapter 1

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I'm reviewing  Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind  by Yuval Noah Harari one page at a time, sometimes four. Today's post marks th...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

"Ideological Nonsense" Is What "Darwinists" Call Critical Thinking & Critical Thinkers Call the "Darwinian" Version of Evolutionary History "Ideological" Right Back

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Maybe this is the image in your head when you read the title of this post? In college in the late nineties, I devoured a fantastic new book ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Sapiens, pages 14-15: " 'pure Sapiens' "

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I took a little break to focus on some great books:  1. The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation by Hayde...
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