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An egg is a beautiful, sophisticated thing that can create even more sophisticated things, such as chickens. And we know in our heart of hearts…

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I had this feeling that, somehow, we ought to be teaching not just the history of particular nations or particular regions, but…
An egg is a beautiful, sophisticated thing that can create even more sophisticated things, such as chickens. And we know in our…
Living organisms are created by chemistry. We are huge packages of chemicals.
I believe human beings mark a threshold in the development of the planet, of course, but it is only part of the…
Big History studies the history of everything, offering a way of making sense of our world and our role within it.
Modern scientific knowledge appeared piecemeal. Historians wrote about human history; physicists tackled the material world; and biologists studied the world of living…
Humans are remarkable: the first species in almost four billion years of life on earth that dominates the biosphere. This gives us…
Learning to domesticate the horse was a sort of energy revolution.
I think what I was after was a unifying story that could bring everything together, that could give me a sense of…
We, as extremely complex creatures, desperately need to know this story of how the universe creates complexity and why complexity means vulnerability…
All religions, all indigenous traditions, all origin stories provide a large map of where you are.
Unfortunately, historians have become so absorbed in detailed research that they have tended to neglect the job of building larger-scale maps of…

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Newman's second law: Just when things look darkest, they go black. — Paul Newman
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At such moments, you realize that you and the other are, in fact, one. It's a big realization. Survival is the second… — Joseph Campbell
Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes, and the second law of thermodynamics. — Seth Lloyd

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