Could be an ambitious goal to explain this in a 1 hour talk #lsemorris pic.twitter.com/zqxPv9lP2P
Ian Morris: 'we already have many theories of everything, we just need better ones' #LSEMorris
'Totalitarians have a lot of problems' #LSEMorris
Theory of Everything should explain human development and progress over the last 100000 years #lsemorris was progress good or bad?- Three components of a Theory of Everything 1. Biology determines our being. 2. Culture allows us to manipulate our environment. #lsemorris
- @chrisradford10 3rd component of theory of Everything is Geography which explains the resources and people we encounter #LSEMorris
Ian Morris: A theory of everything should be split into #Biology, #Culture and #Geography #LSEMorris pic.twitter.com/s9b9R4DX6t
Core theory is wherever whenever humans exist we extract as much energy as we can from the environment #lsemorris pic.twitter.com/5gJwntm1iR
#History of #humanity has been an endless pursuit of more #energy, limited locally by geography #LSEMorris @lseideas pic.twitter.com/4Ycsz8U5pF
'It's been a story of violence and annihilation but also cooperation' #LSEMorris- 'We've reduced violent human deaths by 90% over the last 9000 years. Yet we still have Vladimir Putin' #LSEMorris
- 'Any answer we find to a serious question will always rest on a theory of everything' #LSEMorris
- All of us have a Theory of Everything. Is it explicit? Do we understand it. Ironic thing is there cannot be only theory. #lsemorris
- Theory of Everything explains why life is getting better & less violent Yet many people think life is getsvharder & more violent #LSEMorris
Prof Ian Morris signs copies of his book, 'Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels' after tonight's event. #LSEMorris pic.twitter.com/ggmQH6SZGW- Thanks to all who attended #LSEMorris. Before Morris' next event on 8 Dec, browse other Philippe Roman Chair talks: http://www.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/people/Philippe-Roman-Chair/home.aspx …
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