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OK. What began as interesting has lost all story. It's an essay from the author on his beliefs/opinions. The gorilla was just a clever trick to get me to read it. But the gorilla is irrelevant after the first few pages. It could be anyone. I'll keep reading, but I have the sense that he thinks hunter gatherers lived in a paradise. Author clearly doesn't really understand history older than the Industrial Revolution.
— Feb 23, 2022 09:21AM
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Jason Born
is on page 35 of 338
Truly unique & engaging 1st 10 pages. Since then, it has turned into what I'll call gorilla exposition. We'll see. Mildly concerned that the writer has a utopian view of hunter/gatherers (I kind of do, too, but understand that they still had people in them and, therefore, by definition, were not utopias). I expect his critique of modern civilization is coming. Wondering what the gorilla's solution will be...
— Feb 22, 2022 07:07AM
