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What Is Big History? – A lecture by Rick Rogers at Kirkstall Abbey House on September 16th, 2016

“The value of big history are the social, political and psychological advantages of appreciating the macro above fixating on the micro. Thus events in our own lives are placed in context, the understanding of which makes them easier to accept. Much of the distress in our world comes from people perseverating about singular particulars rather than having a broad view of their lives. Big history also relies on seeing patterns of human development and takes the very basics of human existence as it’s raw material rather than ascribing differences to groups or individuals. That commonality sits very well within a multi-cultural open society. On top of this, big history is interesting and, I think, rather fun.”

– Rick Rogers 2016

From The Big Bang To The Present Day

Our history in two hours (or ninety minutes without adverts)...

Our history in two hours (or ninety minutes without adverts)…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4eKIjkk0NVY

Lecture One – Big History Framework: David Christian – What is Big History?

Big History: Connecting Knowledge Macquarie University

Big History: Connecting Knowledge
Macquarie University

https://www.coursera.org/learn/big-history/lecture/mIsGT/big-history-framework-david-christian-what-is-big-history

So Bill Gates Has This Idea for a History Class …

By Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, September 5th, 2014

By Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
September 5th, 2014

http://nyti.ms/1rctllb

Our History In Eighteen Minutes

TED talk by David Christian, who coined the name “Big History”

TED talk by David Christian, who coined the name “Big History”

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_christian_big_history?language=en

The Case For “Big History” by David Christian (1991)

A 1991 article on where Big History comes from.

A 1991 article on where Big History comes from.

http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/journals/jwh/jwh022p223.pdf

Our History In Two Minutes by pignmar41 –

Birth-life-death Our history in two minutes

Birth-life-death
Our history in two minutes

http://www.snotr.com/video/9884/Our_history_in_2_minutes