"Why Civilizations Collapse" With Samo Burja

Join PALLADIUM Magazine in San Francisco to hear a lecture by Samo Burja, author of "Why Civilizations Collapse." The article was featured in our most recent print edition PALLADIUM 19: Long History.

We think of our own society as so technologically advanced that it couldn’t possibly collapse. What if we are terribly wrong?

Every advanced civilization before ours eventually saw its end. Great cities such as Mohenjo Daro, Mycenae, Hattusa, Petra, and Rome were ruined and some completely forgotten. In the twelve dark ages of recorded human history key institutions vanished, poverty grew, populations declined, knowledge was forgotten, and advanced technology was lost.

Artificial intelligence ultimately relies on the same foundations, from industrial supply chains to information commons, as much as human intelligence throughout history. What if AI-driven civilization, too, succumbs to forces as deep as time and entropy?

This talk will cover the theory and evidence of why there has never been an immortal society and what it would take to make one.

Samo Burja is the Editor-in-Chief of Palladium Magazine. He is the President and founder of Bismarck Analysis, a research firm that investigates the institutional landscape of society and provides strategic consulting services to industry leaders, philanthropists, and governments. You can follow him at @SamoBurja.

Dress code: Formal. Jackets required for men. Equivalent for women.

Arrive at 8:00 pm. Lecture begins at 8:15 pm. Doors lock at 9:00 pm.

This is a ticketed event, those without tickets or violation of the dress code will be turned away.

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