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Members Only #278 -- Goliath’s Curse Author Luke Kemp on Why (and When) Empires Collapse
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Oh sure, everyone’s go-to for imperial collapse tends to be Rome, but what broad lessons are there to be gleaned from every single other civilizational implosion, from Mesopotamia to the Mayans to the forgotten pyramid builders along the Mississippi River? Such is the intriguing set-up for Goliaths Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse, the…
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