“One of the things that sets us apart from non-human animals is animals produce exactly what they need; humans invariably produce more. We’re creatures of excess, & this is what makes us simultaneously the most creative, & most destructive, of all species.” —David Graeber & @davidwengrow.bsky.social

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Anyway, for me yet another reason--very small, I know, but weirdly personal--to be upset by what's going on in the world today. I'm coming up with another title. But I rather liked the original.

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Funny story, at least to me. I've been writing a history of the North American West from the beginning to the near future. (Coming next year!) I began it in 2020. Since I define the West as "the area between the Mississippi and the Pacific," I came up with what I thought was a great title...

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"An eminent prehistorian… a scholar of international repute who reached a wider public." --The Times Available for pre-order now!

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Thank you to all readers, booksellers, and the entire team at our publishers, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. #2! @astra.bsky.social

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