Summary

The history of our world in 18 minutes | David Christian

The TED talk by David Christian focuses on the overall development of the universe and of the Earth
particularly since the big bang[D1] . It points out that the history of human existence is very
short[D2]  looking at it from this perspective, when even just the period from the big bang
[D3] until the first atoms of helium and hydrogen appeared was twice as long. The speaker answers
the question how it is possible that the universe does not go from order to chaos, but rather the
other way around, when this is caused by collective learning people are capable of[D4] . Christian
warns us we should use [D5] our power of accumulation of knowledge in a good way and not to go in
the path of, for instance, nuclear weapons or burning fossil fuels, because our world [D6] is not
only extraordinary[D7]  complex, but also fragile.


Very nice, effective usage of longer sentence structures, but be careful not to get lost in them ;)
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 [D1]The Big Bang – it is a term

 [D2]Short when looking

 [D3]Same as n1

 [D4]This does not connect to previous parts of the sentence. Should be a separate one with some
strong linker

 [D5]Warns humanity to use its power – avoid personal pronouns here, otherwise it sounds like an
order

 [D6]The world

 [D7]an extraordinary