For about a decade, the two authors have been engaged in conversations about questions of freedom and the conditions necessary for people to be free. Through an in-depth exploration, they realized that freedom must apply to everyone universally. They focused on finding a way to organize billions of people around legitimate needs, with the goal of rediscovering the freedoms that make us truly human.

1. for about a decade now..

2. a prolonged convo
‘for about a decade now.. we.. that is the two authors of this book.. have been engaged in a
prolonged convo with each other about exactly these questions..’ david & david in dawn of everything
deck
&
deep
dive
inspired
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3. for about a decade now.. i/we’ve been in a d e e p d i v e
to see what the conditions might be that would set/keep a person free..
‘what ultimately matters is whether we can rediscover
the freedoms that make us human in the first place’
david & david in dawn of everything

4. .. when i/we realized one of the conditions was that it had to be
e v e r y o n e . .
has to be
or the
d a n c e
won’t
dance
‘what if we treat people, form the beginning, as imaginative,
intelligent, playful creatures who deserve to be understood as such’
david & david in dawn of everything

5. .. i/we focused on finding a means for 8b people to access those
c o n d i t i o n s..
‘the course of human history may be less set in stone, and
more full of playful possibilities than we tend to assume’
david & david in dawn of everything

6. .. a means to org 8b people around l e g i t n e e d s

7. ‘possibilities for human emancipation that, once disclosed, could hardly be ignored‘ - david & david in dawn of everything