Big History

Potential Work Articles... Random Big History Musings...most will be read AFTER tagging...I will try to tag the unit I was thinking of

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From plant to paper cup: The economics of coffee in one chart
weforum.org - Omri Wallach
Breaking down the economics of coffee What goes into your morning cup of coffee, and what makes it possible? The obvious answer might be coffee beans, …
Oct 28, 2020
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Will humans go extinct?
Inverse - Nick Longrich
Will our species go extinct? The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all species that ever …
May 10, 2020
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The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
The Atlantic - David Brooks
The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together. The scene is one many of us have...
Feb 10, 2020
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The Anthropocene Is a Joke
The Atlantic - Peter Brannen
On geological timescales, human civilization is an event, not an epoch. Humans are now living in a new geological epoch of our own making: the Anthropocene. Or so we’re told. Whereas some epochs in Earth...
Aug 13, 2019
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There Were No Borders In The Middle Ages
Forbes - Matthew Gabriele
It's not too much to say that the movement of peoples across borders has been a pressing political concern recently, both in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. That conversation is so prevalent...
Nov 5, 2018