A macro-evolutionary approach and the new field of Big History seeks to develop an inclusive view of the Cosmos, Earth, life and humanity by erasing boundaries between disciplines. Table of Contents below: I. Evolution and Understanding of Big History David Christian The Evolution of Big History: A Short Introduction . . Fred Spier Big […]
Incorporating the deep future into big history helps to produce a coming of age story to complement an origin one. Presented by Lowell Gustafson to the 2020 Globalistics International Conference and the Fourth International Symposium of Big History and Global Evolution at Lomonosov Moscow State University, October 20-24, 2020.
Since the middle of March, when California’s shelter in place started, an acupuncturist friend has been offering weekly meditations via phone. She starts by asking us to imagine ourselves in a nurturing place in nature. I invariably find myself on a forest floor, trees reaching high above me, leafy branches arching overhead. I’m surrounded by […]
During the summer of 2019, I co-led a 13.8 km cosmic walk in the beautiful hills and countryside of the Czech Republic with nearly 30 participants in a New Cosmology seminar and retreat. It was filmed by two Czech documentary filmmakers. This is their film of our journey together! Above photo by Stephan Martin
Australia’s human history began over 60,000 years ago. The continent has cause to celebrate the oldest continuing cultures in human history. In this book, Billy Griffiths has explored sites that give evidence of how ancient peoples, through language, song and story, harnessed flame to create eco-systems, survived droughts and floods, and adapted to changing climatic […]
A conversation with Sam Mickey, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, editors of Living Earth Community: Multiple Ways of Being and Knowing, with Lowell Gustafson, President, International Big History Association (https://bighistory.org/)
In this creative short story, The Illusionists, Lacy Loar-Gruenler shares her account of how Kurt Gödel and Albert Einstein “murdered” time. Or did they? https://youtu.be/JRXIsu735jw The text is available at https://ibha.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Origins/Origins_X_04.pdf#page=3 Lacy Loar-Gruenler has worked as a newspaper journalist, editor, and corporate lawyer. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Villanova University, and currently […]
In this creative short story, “The Illusionists,” Lacy Loar-Gruenler shares her account of how Kurt Gödel and Albert Einstein “murdered” time. Or did they? The text is available here. 2021 Conference in India Evolution of the Human Brain-Mind Complex by Ravi Sadana Draft Program 2021 Guidebook to India Living Earth Community Corona Verse, by Nanette Fondas Origins: Vol X Issue 4
Corona Verse, by Nanette Fondas Big History in the Italian middle schools: a manifesto against knowledge fragmentation, by Paolo Vismara, YouTube presentation, Big History Italia Take a journey into Deep Time! Andrey Korotayev | The 21st Century Singularity and the Future of the World: A Big History Perspective, Book Take a Big History Course! Big […]
Hosted by DTN, this Town Hall took place on 3-21-20. * Dr. Gail Arnold gives an update about what’s happening and projections about what’s coming; followed by comments by Dr. Rich Blundell on the potential of this crisis to help bring about positive change. 278 people registered for this live event from the US, Canada, […]
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