The Graeber and Wengrow influence (he cited like six of their books as his primary inspiration multiple times and did an interview with Wengrow) is underrated. It’s the most interesting aspect of the work and no one mentions it (just Rand which misses the point)
I agree he appears to misunderstand Graeber/Wengrow, given his remarks on Instagram, but I still find his enthusiasm for their work is an important angle that is completely absent from the discourse. I'm also not certain the architect portrayal is meant to be idealistic or unproblematized
