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We have become a civilization based on work—not even “productive work” but work as an end and meaning in itself.

David Graeber • Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

When the niche shifts from being just nature, to being consciousness and culture itself, wild type groups start to have a conflict. What emerges from this transition is the Domesticated type.

Jordan Hall • The Game of Thrones | Deep Code Experiment: Episode 4

Adam Davidson

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It is a conspicuous fact that, with few exceptions, the boundaries of the many historic townshipsv that lie along the line of Hadrian’s Wall do not butt up against it, as one might expect of such a great physical barrier, but straddle it.33 Historical geographers have established that the origins of many historic townships and parishes lie in their

Max Adams • The First Kingdom

An anthropologist, sifting though fragments of excavated remains and social spaces and comparing the institutions, languages and cultural rules of Roman Britain with those of Early Medieval Wales, Scotland and England, must address a complementary set of problems. How did people’s lives change through those tumultuous centuries? What were the princ

Max Adams • The First Kingdom

As if to rub it in, some anthropologists tell us that thousands of years ago people had much more time available to them than their hunting, gathering and child-rearing required. Three or four hours of work a day paid the bills, so they had a lot of downtime. Then came agriculture, and eventually industrialization, and somehow these helpful develop... See more

David Cain • Why There’s Never Enough Time

Digging up early Rome

Mary Beard • SPQR

The management of empire

Mary Beard • SPQR

Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World

Anthony Sattin

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Cover of Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World