David Christian on A Big History of Everything

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Education, Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 24 December 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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David Christian is a Distinguished Professor of History at Macquarie University and director of the school’s Big History Institute, which he founded with Bill Gates. David has delivered keynotes at conferences around the world including the Davos World Economic Forum and his TedTalk has been viewed more than 7 million times. He’s the author of numerous books and articles including the book we discuss in this episode, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything. This episode is truly awe-inspiring, fascinating and mind-blowing. Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, David Christian and I Discuss A Big History of Everything and… His book, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything Looking for the balance in dualities What an origin story means to him as well as the guidance it offers How modern society has lost touch with origin stories Linking knowledge together as well as telling an ancient origin story using modern science Knowing who you are, where you are and what challenges you face Having a deep sense of awe for how things are as well as The story line of increasing complexity What we know & don’t know about The Big Bang Pure potentiality becoming energy and matter Everything that has ever been came from something that started 13.8 billion years ago, and was a million times smaller than the period at the end of a sentence. Emergence of stars, planets, and life happened Cells acting with purpose and preference and how collaboration and specialization is inherent. The origin of life and the appearance of humans, as well as the unique contribution that human beings that make the emergence of our species are all transformative events on the planet Earth. The impact of our utilization of fossil fuels David Christian Links: www.mq.edu.au/bighistory Twitter Ted Talk Feals: Premium CBD delivered to your doorstep to help you manage stress, anxiety, pain, and sleeplessness. Feals CBD is food-grade and every batch is tested so you know you are getting truly premium grade product. Get 50% off your first order with free shipping by becoming a member at www.feals.com/wolf Calm App: The #1 rated app for meditation. They have meditations, sleep stories, soothing music, and Calm masterclasses with may One You Feed Guests. Get 40% off a Calm Premium Subscription (a limited time offer!) by going to www.calm.com/wolf Phlur: Get a luxurious scent made with transparent, clean ingredients. Eric created his own sampler set that you can try! Get this curated sampler set or create your own. Get 20% off your first Phlur sampler set at www.phlur.com/wolf See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Origin stories are immensely powerful. We need them. They help us place ourselves in the universe.
0:14.3	Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.
0:20.8	Quotes like garbage in garbage out or you are what you think ring true.
0:26.5	And yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity,
0:32.6	self-pity, jealousy or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that
0:39.3	hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes
0:45.8	conscious, consistent and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how
0:51.6	other people keep themselves moving in the right direction. How they feed their good wolf.
1:11.3	Hi friends. If you're looking for a free and easy gift, consider sharing this show with someone
1:17.4	you know. It's a gift to them and it's a big gift to us. Happy holidays to you from the one you feed.
1:26.1	Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is David Christian, a distinguished professor of
1:31.6	history at McWari University and director of the school's Big History Institute. He co-founded
1:37.4	the Big History project with Bill Gates. David has delivered keynotes at conferences around the
1:43.3	world, including the Davos World Economic Forum and his TED Talk has been viewed more than 7
1:48.6	million times. He's the author of numerous books and articles, including the one we discuss on
1:53.8	this episode, Origin Story, a Big History of Everything. Hi David, welcome to the show.
2:01.4	Hi. Very pleased to be on the show. Yes, I am very happy to have you on. Your book is called
2:06.0	Origin Story, a Big History of Everything and it is a wonderful and fascinating book and I
2:12.6	loved reading it so much and we're going to get into a lot of mind-blowing details from it here
2:17.3	soon, but let's start like we always do with the parable. There's a grandfather who's talking
2:22.2	with his grandson. He says in life, there are two walls inside of us that are always a battle. One is
2:27.5	a good wolf, which represents things like kindness and bravery and love and the other is a bad wolf,
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