Big History and the Future of Humanity
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Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an theoretical approach that makes "big history" - the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity.
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The Tajectory of Evolution and Its Implications for Humanity
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Complexity: A Rationale for the University
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The EBMT: History, Present, and Future
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Science, the Deep Past, and the Political
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Advancing Neutral Monism in Big History and Transhumanist Philosophy
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