David Abulafia David Abulafia

Are all great civilisations doomed?

If plague, war or natural disasters don’t destroy our own, then ‘a cascading systems failure’ seems likely, on past evidence, says Paul Cooper

Ancient moai of Ahu Togariki, Easter Island. [Getty Images]

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