Risk Expert Analyzes Historical Patterns of Societal Collapse and Current Existential Threats
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Summary
Risk expert Luke Kemp uses archaeological evidence from the British Museum's Jebel Sahaba skeletons to argue that human societies have faced existential threats throughout history, and our current globalized civilization is approaching a similar precipice of collapse. The article examines patterns of societal failure and existential risk through historical analysis, suggesting we're repeating dangerous patterns that have led to past civilizations' downfall.
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Believed to be over 13,000 years old, the bodies in this prehistoric cemetery were significant for what they revealed about early human conflict and societal collapse.
A new history of societal collapse by an expert in existential risk argues that our globalized society is edging toward the precipice.
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