The Joe Walker Podcast

A Short Story Of Everything - David Christian

Jun 7, 2018
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The Power of Specialization
03:08 • 2min
3
The Importance of Generalism in Human Society
05:04 • 4min
4
The History of Humanity
09:29 • 2min
5
The Cuban Missile Crisis
11:38 • 2min
6
The Strange Moment We Live In
13:31 • 2min
7
The Importance of Understanding the Universe
15:43 • 5min
8
The Importance of Learning Other Languages
20:22 • 1min
9
The Importance of Studying Russian History
21:48 • 3min
10
The Unifying Vision of the Universe
24:34 • 4min
11
The Origin Story of the Universe
28:42 • 2min
12
The Role of Thresholds in the Universe
31:07 • 2min
13
The Energy Entropy Loves the Universe
33:28 • 4min
14
The Evolution of the Planet
37:02 • 3min
15
The Origins of Big History
39:39 • 5min
16
The Story of Big History
44:26 • 2min
17
The Importance of Teaching an Origin Story
46:44 • 2min
18
The Importance of Origin Stories in Our Psyche
48:25 • 3min
19
The Importance of Storytelling
51:09 • 2min
20
The Complexity of the Universe
52:46 • 3min
21
The Influence of the French Annales School on My Life
55:17 • 4min
22
The Importance of Big History
59:29 • 4min
23
The Difficulty of Understanding Climate Change
01:03:11 • 2min
24
The History of Non-Human Animals
01:05:28 • 3min
25
The Importance of Big History in Moral Concern
01:08:03 • 3min
26
Bill Gates and the Teaching Company
01:10:46 • 3min
27
Building a Free Online Scenario in Big History
01:13:28 • 2min
28
The Origin Story of Big History
01:15:31 • 2min
29
The Importance of a Big History Course
01:17:28 • 6min
30
The Impact of Bill Gates on the Big History Project
01:22:59 • 2min
31
Darwin's Origin of the Species
01:25:03 • 4min