It is an outstanding book, worth the read but this interview gives a lot of his ideas. We need to create a new world, a more just one and there is no time to waste! I actually find the book hopeful, humans are resilient and find ways to move on though the social organization (civilization) may collapse.
Cheryl Bradbee

Today on Open Book, we’re diving into one of the biggest questions in human history: why do civilizations rise and why do they collapse? Cambridge scholar Luke Kemp joins me to explain why the forces shaping our future might be the same ones that brought down every empire before us.

Luke Kemp is a research affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. He has lectured in economics and human geography and has advised the World Health Organization, the Australian Parliament, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and many other institutions. His research has been covered by media outlets such as The New York Times, the BBC, and The New Yorker.

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