Jared Diamond:

Why do societies collapse?

Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana, Jared Diamond talks about the signs that collapse is near, and how — if we see it in time — we can prevent it.

Jared Diamond

Civilization scholar

Jared Diamond investigates why cultures prosper or decline — and what we can learn by taking a broad look across many kinds of societies. Full bio