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This book has 4 recommendations
Bill Gates (CEO/Microsoft)
David created my favorite course of all time, Big History. It tells the story of the universe from the big bang to today’s complex societies, weaving together insights and evidence from various disciplines into a single narrative. If you haven’t taken Big History yet, Origin Story is a great introduction. If you have, it’s a great refresher. Either way, the book will leave you with a greater appreciation of humanity’s place in the universe.
Park Howell (Founder/The Business of Story)
This is one of the books I recommend to people looking for a career in advertising.
Jason Kottke (Blogger & Designer)
This is a book based on Christian’s Big History concept, a story that weaves everything from quarks to water to dinosaurs to humans fighting entropy through greater energy & resource usage into one long history of the universe.
Corneliu Bodea (CEO / Adrem)
One of the books that had the biggest impact on me and my career.
The explanation about how complexity is related to entropy and the cost behind it gave me a “wow” moment of understanding.
Also, if we don’t understand the world we live in we will make no impact and progress.
Amazon description
Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of time change the way we perceive the universe, the earth, and our very existence?
These were the questions David Christian set out to answer when he created the field of "Big History," the most exciting new approach to understanding where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. In Origin Story, Christian takes readers on a wild ride through the entire 13.8 billion years we've come to know as "history." By focusing on defining events (thresholds), major trends, and profound questions about our origins, Christian exposes the hidden threads that tie everything together -- from the creation of the planet to the advent of agriculture, nuclear war, and beyond.
With stunning insights into the origin of the universe, the beginning of life, the emergence of humans, and what the future might bring, Origin Story boldly reframes our place in the cosmos.
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- 5 books worth reading this summer
- Park Howell, Founder at The Business of Story
- My Recent Media Diet for Fall 2018
- Book Talk with Corneliu Bodea (The CEO Library Interview)
