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What is "Collapse?" Interview with Professor Guy Middleton

Tides of History

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The Tension Between Collapse and Long Term Transformation

The way we understand the world is guided by narratives, says archaeologist. We live by stories rather than an objective reality and can always tell ourselves that it's going to be okay. And how we create narratives is really interesting because if you're like me, I like stories and I want to know what happened... But there are limitations to this old fashioned way of doing things.

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