the story is linear
(the stages are followed in order,
with no going back),
uniform (they are followed the same way everywhere),
progressive (the stages are “stages” in the first place,
leading from lower to higher,
more primitive to more sophisticated),
deterministic
(development is driven by technology, not human choice),
and teleological
(the process culminates in us).
William Deresiewicz,
Human History Gets a Rewrite
(article on David Graeber)
The Atlantic
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