Humans have always been wrong about humans

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  07.17.22 Humans Have Always Been Wrong About Humans The Dawn of Everything fundamentally shifted my view of … everything. I had to meet one of the minds behind its world-tilting revelations. BY VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN | 14-MINUTE READ You're bored. You need to be jolted—the furniture in your head rearranged. You need to read The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. But first you need to read Virginia Heffernan's profile of one of its authors, the British archaeologist David Wengrow. (Its other author, the better-known David Graeber, passed away before the book's publication last year.) Just halfway through the book, Virginia writes, she was overcome with "a kind of Socratic ecstasy": Everything she thought she knew about human prehistory was … dead wrong. So Virginia spent a few days with Wengrow, following him around to various academic—and sometimes anarchistic—meetups, watching how his mind works. The result is a punchy, propulsive piece of writing, the perfect entry point into Wengrow's world. Jason Kehe | Senior Editor The Pandemic Fueled a Superbug Surge. Can Medicine Recover? BY MARYN MCKENNA | 5-MINUTE READ As Covid swept ICUs, doctors prescribed antibiotics to ward off secondary infections. Now bacteria have evolved resistance—but hospitals are fighting back. The 'Shamanification' of the Tech CEO BY MANVIR SINGH | 8-MINUTE READ From fruit-only diets to dopamine fasting, Silicon Valley founders flaunt self-deprivation like a misguided pursuit of wellness. But there's more to it. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED for less than $1 per month. That includes Steven Levy's exclusive newsletter and a free tote! Subscribe now. Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions