A Nonlinear Guide to Human History — and Your Own Freedom
Most of us were taught a simple story: first came egalitarian hunter-gatherers, then farming, then cities, kings, hierarchy, and finally the modern world. A straight line. A fate. A trap you’re born into.
This course breaks that story open.
Drawing from The Dawn of Everything and my own field notes, we explore the forgotten experiments of human history: societies that moved in and out of farming, built cities without kings, tried hierarchy for a season then walked away from it, or designed whole cultures around mobility, ritual, or mutual aid. Our ancestors weren’t locked into anything. They improvised. They negotiated. They changed shape whenever they needed to.
And once you see how many options they had, you start to see how many you still have.
Inside the course you’ll get:
8 structured learning modules
Drills for critical thinking and imagination
Open-ended essays to deepen your understanding
Multiple-choice questions for clarity and confidence
Arthur’s Master Notes — my full, cleaned-up study notes
A short intro video filmed inside Garage Tropics
Links to the book if you want to go deeper
This isn’t a history class.
It’s a reminder: human beings have always been freer, stranger, and more creative than the stories we inherited.
If you’re ready to think about society, and yourself in a nonlinear way, welcome to Volume I.
📥 How to Access Your Download
After checkout, you’ll receive an email with a secure link to your PDF.
Your link activates when you click it
You’ll have 24 hours to download the file
You can save it to any device and keep it forever
If you run into any issues, just email me; I answer all course questions personally.
A Nonlinear Guide to Human History — and Your Own Freedom
Most of us were taught a simple story: first came egalitarian hunter-gatherers, then farming, then cities, kings, hierarchy, and finally the modern world. A straight line. A fate. A trap you’re born into.
This course breaks that story open.
Drawing from The Dawn of Everything and my own field notes, we explore the forgotten experiments of human history: societies that moved in and out of farming, built cities without kings, tried hierarchy for a season then walked away from it, or designed whole cultures around mobility, ritual, or mutual aid. Our ancestors weren’t locked into anything. They improvised. They negotiated. They changed shape whenever they needed to.
And once you see how many options they had, you start to see how many you still have.
Inside the course you’ll get:
8 structured learning modules
Drills for critical thinking and imagination
Open-ended essays to deepen your understanding
Multiple-choice questions for clarity and confidence
Arthur’s Master Notes — my full, cleaned-up study notes
A short intro video filmed inside Garage Tropics
Links to the book if you want to go deeper
This isn’t a history class.
It’s a reminder: human beings have always been freer, stranger, and more creative than the stories we inherited.
If you’re ready to think about society, and yourself in a nonlinear way, welcome to Volume I.
📥 How to Access Your Download
After checkout, you’ll receive an email with a secure link to your PDF.
Your link activates when you click it
You’ll have 24 hours to download the file
You can save it to any device and keep it forever
If you run into any issues, just email me; I answer all course questions personally.
