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Jeff Calvert's avatar

There is so much here, and the idea of sonder with our ancestors (prehistoric and otherwise) is both beautiful and useful.

One of the first things I thought about as I read this, though, was the subconscious influence of old black-and-white photos (b&w photo = b&w life, right?). Just as people in the past were generally as intelligent as us, their world was also just as colorful. Now I'm wondering what other similar things are distorting my impressions of the past

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Anna Brones's avatar

Sonder is my new favorite word. Also “mapping the relationships between things” is such a perfect line for what you do here and what curiosity does for us in general. If we can’t see the relationships and connections between things, we’ve lost something for sure. Thanks for a wonderful read (and the shout out!)

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