Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history

The video discusses the power of mathematics as a language, highlighting its insights in various fields like physics and economics, while exploring its potential in humanities and history. It presents examples of language evolution and historical forces, showing how mathematical patterns can explain these changes. The speaker predicts that as historical records become digitized, mathematics will play a crucial role in analyzing and predicting cultural and historical trends.

What relationship did the speaker find between the magnitude of wars and their deadliness?

How does the speaker envision the future relationship between the sciences and humanities?