What's the point of giving gifts? An anthropologist explains this ancient part of being human
Presents are about giving, receiving and reciprocating, and how this cycle strengthens relationships.
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Presents are about giving, receiving and reciprocating, and how this cycle strengthens relationships.
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for December 7th, 2023. It's a Thursday, that much is clear. But it's a Thursday in December, and that means it's going to be a little less showy than we might expect.
Elizabeth Kolbert reviews “Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization,” by Ed Conway, and “So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything,” by Chip Colwell.
The United Kingdom's based book award duo, Carnegie and Greenaway, have 16 shortlisted titles between them.
There are a total 33 titles longlisted in the two Carnegie Greenaway awards, one for children's books, the other for illustration.