Is Western Civilisation doomed?
A long chat answering one of the biggest questions of all: How do we avoid global collapse… and is a better future still possible?
Watch or listen to this week’s episode with Dr Luke Kemp:
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In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Luke Kemp, an existential risk researcher at Cambridge University and the author of Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse.
Luke spends his life thinking about how societies rise, why they fall, and what really puts our future at risk. He argues that history is best understood as a story of organised crime.
It’s actually quite a hopeful conversation, delving into history - Rome fans, you’ll love it - how and why civilisations collapse, how we’ve avoided nuclear war multiple times, ALIENS, killer robots, AI and more.
If you fancy watching a bit of a behind the scenes film I put together about my time in Cambridge with Luke, I posted this daft video on Instagram:
(There is a bit of a technical glitch in the second half of the video but hey, I’m human and ANYBODY can forget to plug a camera into mains, right? Right? Lesson learned!).
Next week: football freestyler, entrepreneur and content creator Jeremy Lynch. Can’t wait to bring it to you.
Until next time,
Rich Leigh xo