# Why do societies collapse?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2003
- Speaker: Jared Diamond
- Year: 2003
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jared_diamond_why_do_societies_collapse)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Why do societies collapse?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jared_diamond_why_do_societies_collapse/5a802b5122a7), 18 min (TED's player)