Blog by Joseph Masterleo Note: Blogs posted by members are not necessarily the views of the Deeptime Network staff. Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s (Matthew 22:21). [What follows is a viewpoint. A viewpoint is just that, a view from a point, of which […]
Jennifer: Much thanks for the Holmdel rundown, and your efforts in making that event possible, especially for those of us who could only be there via your fine column. The pics and summary were very reflective of what must have been an informative and spirited celebration of a landmark event. Perhaps the Deeptime Cafe format […]
Relive the 2023 meeting of big historians.
This paper discusses how the Soliga, a tribe in India, express their connection to the cosmos in a way that’s consonant with both Hinduism and Big History.
“…The planet is fine; the people are f*cked!…, The planet is doing great: been here four and a half billion years! …And we have the conceit to think that somehow, we’re a threat…” George Carlin, 1992( George Carlin – Save the Planet (The Planet is fine) – Bing video). I spent a significant chunk of […]
Science and history documentarian Dan Levitt’s latest book, “What’s Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body’s Atoms, From the Big Bang Through Last Night’s Dinner,” traces how our cells, elements, atoms and subatomic particles found their way to our brains, bones, and bodies from the Big Bang. Reconstructing the epic step-by-step journey of our […]
“If one finds a rock boring, it’s not the rock’s fault.” (Attributed to Zen proverb) During August, 2021, I spent a week at a rented beach house on mid-coast Maine. One afternoon, while scrambling among rocks strewn along the beach, I was attacked by hordes of black flies. I found a breezy refuge on a large […]
This review of God in Cosmic History: Where Science & History Meet Religion by Ted Peters and this book, New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe by John Haught, are helpful for looking at the way Big History interfaces with other aspects of the Deeptime Story.
From the scale of planet Earth, at a few thousands of kilometers, to the scale of the observable Universe, at nearly 100 billion light-years, there’s a long way from here to the cosmic horizon. But rather than a linear scale, which would take several quintillions of Earths lined end-to-end to reach the limits of the […]
The Story of Big HistoryAuthor(s): Ian HeskethSource:History of the Present, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Fall 2014), pp. 171-202Published by: University of Illinois PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/historypresent.4.2.0171 The goal is not to read a book; the goal is to read the story taking placeall around us.—Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry, The Universe Story Consilience has […]
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