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If historians don't tell stories at the scales of creation myths, someone else will.

~David Christian

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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

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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

Topics: Argument Attack Big Courses Educational Existing Going History Needs Replace Scientific Simply Think Which I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: Unknown

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