Learning from his family, his animals and his work with tribal people, Gregory Bateson saw the creative potential of paradox ‘There are times, when I catch myself believing there is something which is separate from something else.’ Conflicting imperatives, paradoxes and no-win situations, he insisted, might well drive us mad, but they also spawn creativity, […]
Are we city dwellers or hunter-gatherers?
New research suggests that the familiar story of early human society is wrong – and the consequences are profound. – by David Graeber And David Wengrow 1. In the beginning was the word For centuries, we have been telling ourselves a simple story about the origins of social inequality. For most of their history, humans lived […]