In this episode I discuss the broad outlines of Hegel's system, and compare it to current scientific thinking, including Darwinian evolution.  I go into more detail on the meaning of Geist/Spirit/Mind, and how it evolves in human culture through art, religion, and philosophy.  In addition to Hegel, specific ideas touched include those of John Archibald Wheeler, Stephen Jay Gould, and Noam Chomsky,