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Philosophical Disquisitions: The Collapse of Complex Societies: A Primer on Tainter's Theory

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If you ever visit Rome, and wander through the Colosseum or Circus Maximus, it’s hard not to be struck by a sense of fragility and imp...

Philosophical Disquisitions: The Collapse of Complex Societies: A Primer on Tainter's Theory Pages Home Book About Podcast Best Of Papers Media Newsletter Friday, February 1, 2019 The Collapse of Complex Societies: A Primer on Tainter's Theory Tweet If you ever visit Rome, and wander through the Colosseum or Circus Maximus, it’s hard not to be struck by a sense of fragility and impermanence. Here are the remnants of the most powerful and complex of ancient European societies, now reduced to ruin and rubble. How did this once proud and mighty empire crumble? Joseph Tainter’s 1988 bo

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