Author: David Christian

Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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