Author: David Christian

Quotes

What we normally define as history doesn't interest me. It's a constraint.

What we normally define as history doesn't interest me. It's a constraint.

- David Christian

Big History studies the history of everything, offering a way of making sense of our world and our role within it.

Big History studies the history of everything, offering a way of making sense of our world and our role within it.

- David Christian

I had this feeling that, somehow, we ought to be teaching not just the history of particular nations or particular regions, but the history of humanity.

I had this feeling that, somehow, we ought to be teaching not just the history of particular nations or particular regions, but the history of humanity.

- David Christian

I think what I was after was a unifying story that could bring everything together, that could give me a sense of the whole of history.

I think what I was after was a unifying story that could bring everything together, that could give me a sense of the whole of history.

- David Christian

Learning to domesticate the horse was a sort of energy revolution.

Learning to domesticate the horse was a sort of energy revolution.

- David Christian

Our goal is to see Big History become a normal part of high school curricula. I'd love to see it being taught in lots of languages. A global course.

Our goal is to see Big History become a normal part of high school curricula. I'd love to see it being taught in lots of languages. A global course.

- David Christian

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