Prehistory’s Original Sin
We need more than genealogies to know who we are, and who we ought to become.
The Devils’ Citadel
by
Alan Jacobs
Posted on May 15, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration/steam hammer, 1867, Paris, Shutterstock.
As people reflect on the chasm that separates their experience from that of their grandparents, everyone is confused.