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Strangely, I think.
Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen (the historian & nordic animism guy) was very on my radar at the time- back then I was digging for meaning in fairly reconstructionist norse pagan circles, and that was a whole journey in itself that's beside the point. Anyway, he was on Tyson's podcast for an episode, and while I don't think I ever actually listened to it, it was enough for me to see what his deal was, and investigate my local library.
Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta was real in ways I desperately needed to hear when I read it, back in 2021-22ish. I suspect a reread now would be incredibly insightful.
A lot of the stuff I've seen bringing modern systems and Civilization into question is written in ways I struggle to get my head around. But I remember this felt like walking with a friend, not a scholar flexing all the knowledge they have that you don't. Heady, thinky, sleep-on-it ideas, sure... but the writing style itself was approachable, and I wasn't struggling to 'keep up'.
I think reading it was a push in my current direction, and especially with how thoughtfully I relate to my environment. It was a big influence in lots of tiny ways, I think.