Welcome

Hi y'all, I'm Graham!

This site is my personal attempt at an abridged outline of the Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow. It has not been reviewed or endorsed by the authors or publishers.

• For dedicated readers, I hope these notes provide some structure that helps you navigate and appreciate the book.
• For critical readers, these notes may help you identify the book's core claims so that they can be more clearly evaluated as true or false.
• For busy readers, perhaps these notes are all you need, and you can skip the book.

Why'd I publish these notes?

Sometime in 2021, I excitedly bought the Dawn of Everything. Then, for nearly 2 years, I failed to read it. As interesting as the ideas and stories seemed, I struggled to get through the book's poor organization.

Making these notes helped motivate me to finally get through the book.

I'm sharing them with you in the hopes of making the fresh and challenging ideas of the Dawn of Everything more accessible.

Like most readers of the Dawn of Everything, I'm not an expert on anthropology or archeology. If you think anything here is incorrect, whether you think I've misunderstood Graeber and Wengrow, or whether you think the Davids are wrong, please let me know.

You can email dawn@gpdetc.org with any feedback, including additions, corrections, compliments, or criticisms.

If you'd like to also enjoy the benefits of making some notes, I'd be happy to add your thoughts to this site.

(Incidentally, if you are David Wengrow...

1. Thank you for writing this amazing book.
2. I would be thrilled to collaborate on an official abridged edition.)