Mark Oppenheimer had many conversations with his subject for his new book. Then the relationship took a turn. By Elisabeth Egan Try this short quiz on very long books. By J. D. Biersdorfer “Gunk,” a ...

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I don't want to spend an entire review comparing Humankind to Sid Meier's Civilization, but it's very clear that this is Amplitude's riff on that classic 4X melody. While I was delighted by some ...