The Big Picture Second Year Topics: Summary and Review 2022-2023
Links to all parts of the essay series I’ve posted during the past year, by topic.
I posted my first essay on the Big Picture Substack about two years ago, on September 13, 2021. On this second anniversary, I thought it would be helpful to put up a post listing all the topics I’ve covered in the last year, along with links to all the essays on a particular topic or in a particular series. So I’m doing that here. If you like these materials, and if you’d like me to keep producing them, please spread the word on social media, recommend this Substack to others (especially students in school who might benefit from being exposed to another perspective), and (if you feel generous) become a paying subscriber so I can keep these pieces coming. Many thanks to all my readers, and especially to those among you I’ve gotten to know a bit better over the past year! And if you’d like a link to the summary of the 2021-2022 Big Picture entries, it’s available here.
Below is the complete list of all the topics and essay series (with links) that I’ve covered in the second year of The Big Picture.
The Big Picture Second Year Topic Summary and Review (2022-2023)
Climate Change
Uncertain Climate Predictions and Certain Energy Progress – Part 1
Uncertain Climate Predictions and Certain Energy Progress – Part 2
Uncertain Climate Predictions and Certain Energy Progress – Part 3
Uncertain Climate Predictions and Certain Energy Progress – Part 4
Uncertain Climate Predictions and Certain Energy Progress – Part 5
Uncertain Climate Predictions and Certain Energy Progress – Part 6
Uncertain Climate Predictions and Certain Energy Progress – Part 7
Uncertain Climate Predictions and Certain Energy Progress – Part 8
Uncertain Climate Predictions and Certain Energy Progress – Part 9
Measurement and Climate Change – Part 1
Measurement and Climate Change – Part 2
Measurement and Climate Change – Part 3
Measurement and Climate Change – Part 4
Measurement and Climate Change – Part 5
Economic Inequality
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 1
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 2
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 3
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 4
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 5
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 6
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 7
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 8
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 9
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 10
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 11
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 12
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 13
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 14
Mismeasuring Economic Inequality – Part 15
Measurement
Measurement (and Climate Change Predictions) – Part 4
Public Sector Unions
Teachers Unions
School Boards
Are School Boards Listening to Anyone?
Males and Schooling
Increased Societal Complexity and Diminishing Marginal Returns
Increased Societal Complexity and Diminishing Marginal Returns – Part 1
Increased Societal Complexity and Diminishing Marginal Returns – Part 2
Increased Societal Complexity and Diminishing Marginal Returns – Part 3
Increased Societal Complexity and Diminishing Marginal Returns – Part 4
Increased Societal Complexity and Diminishing Marginal Returns – Part 5
Big History
You Should Be Very Happy You’re Here, Now – Part 1
You Should Be Very Happy You’re Here, Now – Part 2
You Should Be Very Happy You’re Here, Now – Part 3
Locus of Control
Agency
Science (Biology and Genetics)
Science and American History
Science and America’s Founding
Science and the Abolition of Slavery
Plastics
Sources of Bias in Reasoning
Sources of Bias in Reasoning – Part 1
Sources of Bias in Reasoning – Part 2
Sources of Bias in Reasoning – Part 3
Sources of Bias in Reasoning – Part 4
Sources of Bias in Reasoning – Part 5
Risk Assessment and Its Politicization
Risk Assessment and Its Politicization – Part 1
Risk Assessment and Its Politicization – Part 2
Risk Assessment and Its Politicization – Part 3
Due Process and Free Speech
Due Process and Free Speech – Part 1
Due Process and Free Speech – Part 2
Due Process and Free Speech – Part 3
How Christianity Influenced the Development of Individual Rights
How Christianity Influenced the Development of Individual Rights – Part 1
How Christianity Influenced the Development of Individual Rights – Part 2
How Christianity Influenced the Development of Individual Rights – Part 3
Religion and Culture
Data on Religion and Culture – Part 1
Data on Religion and Culture – Part 2
Separation of Church and State
The Ugly Origins of the Phrase “Separation of Church and State”
Protestant Work Ethic
The Protestant Work Ethic – Part 1
The Protestant Work Ethic – Part 2
Native Americans and North American History
Native Americans and North American History – Part 1
Native Americans and North American History – Part 2
Native Americans and North American History – Part 3
Native Americans and North American History – Part 4
Native Americans and North American History – Part 5
Native Americans and North American History – Part 6
Native Americans and North American History – Part 7
Native Americans and North American History – Part 8
Native Americans and North American History – Part 9
Native Americans and North American History – Part 10
The Mosquito
The World-Altering Mosquito – Part 1
The World-Altering Mosquito – Part 2
My Mom
On a Full, Long Life in a Small New England Town
Baseball
Paul, This is an amazing series of pieces. There are still some from before I started subscribing that I need to read. But I cannot tell you how much I have learned from what you do. This is a true labor of love, so know that many of us are really, really appreciative.