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242 – The Dawn of The Dawn of Everything (w/ David Wengrow)

Srsly Wrong

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Oos Think Markets Are Inevitable

If markets are inevitable, then why do we have records of shells and necklaces and bones being found thousands of miles away from where they originated? They must have been using them as money to trade. There's evidence. All you're saying is that you just personally can't imagine an alternative to markets as to why these things would have been moved around. I mean, i don't think we should project things from our current society back on the record like that. It just seems like a recipe to make mistakes. But obviously, it's different because they didn't have all the technology. Technology doesn't make you like, smarter. Like they could decide to not explore technology. Could even

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