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SUMMARY:The Collapse of Complex Societies - Sabin Roman (Centre for the St
 udy of Existential Risk)
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CONTACT:Dr Stefanie Ullmann
DESCRIPTION:Why do societies collapse? Some famous examples include: Easte
 r Island\, the Maya\, the Roman Empire and the Chinese dynasties. I have d
 eveloped mathematical models for these cases and will present what these m
 odels teach us. I will also provide a general perspective of the methodolo
 gy I employed in modelling past cases of collapse. The modelling does not 
 focus on the collapse in particular\, but rather on the long-term developm
 ent of a society from its beginning to end. To build an accurate model we 
 need to identify the relevant feedback mechanisms that operate over those 
 time scales. In the case of societies\, the long-term feedback loops invol
 ve its complexity and resource usage. What is complexity? That's a key top
 ic that will be addressed in the talk.
LOCATION:Darwin College\, Richard King Room
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