We inhabit an obscure planet, in an obscure galaxy, around an obscure sun, but on the other hand, modern human society represents one of the most complex things we know. David Christian More Quotes by David Christian More Quotes From David Christian Unfortunately, historians have become so absorbed in detailed research that they have tended to neglect the job of building larger-scale maps of the past. David Christian jobbuildingresearchpast What we normally define as history doesn't interest me. It's a constraint. David Christian definemeinteresthistory If historians don't tell stories at the scales of creation myths, someone else will. David Christian willsomeonetellcreation If, in schools, we keep teaching that history is divided into American history and Chinese history and Russian history and Australian history, we're teaching kids that they are divided into tribes. And we're failing to teach them that we also, as human beings, share problems that we need to work together with. David Christian problemstogetherworkhistory I have this fantasy that in future negotiations over climate change - instead of going into that room and saying, 'I'm defending Chinese interests,' or 'I'm defending Australian interests' - there will also be an identity inside of each of the negotiators thinking, 'I'm also defending human interests.' David Christian climate-changefuturechangethinking Big History's not going to replace existing educational courses. It's not an attack on specialisation. It is simply the argument that specialisation needs to be complemented with an overview, which I think is scientific commonsense. David Christian bigthinkargumenthistory
