atucker comments on Crossing the History-Lessons Threshold - Less Wrong

34 Post author: lionhearted 17 October 2014 12:17AM

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Comment author: owencb 17 October 2014 11:16:11AM 4 points [-]

It seems like you're gesturing in a similar direction to Big History. I wonder if you'd like to highlight what you see as the distinctions?

Comment author: atucker 17 October 2014 08:02:35PM 4 points [-]

My impression is that the OP says that history is valuable and deep without needing to go back as far as the big bang -- that there's a lot of insight in connecting the threads of different regional histories in order to gain an understanding of how human society works, without needing to go back even further.