• LUKE KEMP: Will our global civilisation go the way of the Roman Empire?

  • Nov 5 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
  • Podcast

LUKE KEMP: Will our global civilisation go the way of the Roman Empire?

  • Summary

  • Luke Kemp (historical collapse expert; associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk) has studied past civilisations and mapped out a picture of how long they tend to last before they collapse, what tends to tip them and what (if anything) can be done to stall their demise. Luke works alongside Lord Martin Rees and Yuval Noah Harari, is an honorary lecturer in environmental policy at the Australian National University and his collapse insights have been covered by the BBC, the New York Times and the New Yorker. His first book, 'Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse' will be published in June 2025.


    In this episode I get Luke to provide a bit of a 101 on how civilisations do indeed decline and perish and to update us on the latest theories on how and whether ours might make it through. The answer is surprising.


    SHOW NOTES

    Here’s Luke’s original report on complex civilisation’s lifespans.

    Keep up to date with Luke's work here

    A few past Wild guests are referenced by Luke. You can catch the episode on Moloch with Liv Boeree here, the interview with Adam Mastroianni here and my chat with Nate Hagens here

    The first chapter of my book serialisation – about hope – is available to everyone here

    And here are the two chapters that I reference at the end


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    If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" page

    For more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it’s where I interact the most!

    Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious Life

    Let’s connect on Instagram


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