BIGProblems
We can best work toward addressing and solving the Big Problems related to food, population, water, energy, the environment, economics, education, and war by discussing them in the context of Big History.
Easter, you may have noticed, is not a fixed day in the calendar. The reason has to do with the mismatch between the periodicity of the sun and the moon and the long history of human efforts to create a reliable and consistent calendar.
What knowledge of science, culture and civilization would you most want to pass on to the surviving humans as they faced the prospect of adapting to a new environment and rebuilding their lives over many generations?
Religions have supported and promoted gender inequality. But such matters are now being intensely reconsidered, and women are fighting back.
Current efforts to improve STEM education are limited by schools’ ability to retain good teachers.
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