I think this review of Jared Diamond's Upheaval marks the beginning of the end of the Big History fad. Can't say I'm too upset. Always kinda hated the genre, with the exception of a few people who have the depth to pull it off like Fukuyama.
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The answer is Moar Big Histories!
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"Infinite Number of Meaningless Factoids" is now the working title of my own Big History.
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Strikes me more as the standard example of "Here's why I hate this book that refuses to kowtow to my particular theory of the world".
For the next N years, to be taken seriously by the NYT your book will have to put kyriarchy front and center, regardless of its subject matter.
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