# Jared Diamond on why 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.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2008
- Runtime: 18 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Science, History
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/JaredDiamond_2003)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/JaredDiamond_2003?play=1)