57. Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse

Sat May 16 2026 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm UTC13:00

Hunua Room, Level 1, Aotea Centre | Auckland

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57. Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse
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All Tickets are Mobile Ticket Only. Mobile Tickets are like Print-at-Home tickets but instead of having to print off the tickets yourself, you can just show the barcode on your mobile phone. It is the easiest way to access tickets to your events. For more information visit Ticketmaster.co.nz/mobileticket Child Policy: Children aged under 1 will be permitted free. Provided they do not occupy a seat. For academic Luke Kemp, our civilisation is exceptionally fragile. Collapse isn't inevitable, but we need radical change to prevent it - and history shows a cautionary pattern. Surveying 5000 years of human history, and over 400 civilisation collapses from the Bronze Age to modern times, Kemp highlights a recurring trend: elites unsustainably seize and concentrate resources; inequality grows to destabilising levels and destroys said society.

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