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Christmas From the Outside In: A Meditation
The Baby Jesus is an archetype in evolution’s long progression through an unbroken chain of babies.
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Envisioning a Civilization Recovery Plan
What knowledge of science, culture and civilization would you most want to pass on to the surviving humans as...
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Apocalypse Not
I find the mass fears and popular mythologies unhelpful and dangerous. It is useful, however, to contemplate, and to...
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H-: Millennialism at the Singularity: Reflections on Metaphors, Meanings, and the Limits of Exponential Logic
Imagine billions of nanobots, tiny computerized machines smaller than your red blood cells, travelling through your body, inserted in...
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Big History Gets Bigger
A report on the inaugural meeting of the International Big History Association in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Darwin Road Leads to Hell in Michigan
En route to the International Big History Association conference in Grand Rapids, I made a pilgrimage to Hell—a small...
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Greece, the Global Economy, and Big History
Watching the sunset from the cliffs of the Santorini caldera attracts tourists from all over the world, I recently...
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Zombies Fighting Over Who Is Right: A Nightmare on Main Street
What are we to do when our ideals are in conflict? We need some intellectual, practical, and spiritual...
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Seeking Truth in a World of Competing Narratives
Is there some way to adjudicate between the competing metanarratives that shape our lives and identities? The philosophy of...
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Energy Solutions From the Perspective of Big History
Humans now consume some 18 trillion watts of energy in a variety of forms. Every aspect of our contemporary...
