History shows us we are not safe from institutional collapse. Advances in technology mitigate some aspects, but produce their own risks. Agile institutions that make use of both social and technical knowledge not only mitigate such risks, but promise unprecedented human flourishing. We pin the hopes of our common human project on this renewal and growth of the whole civilization. Whether this project is going well is a challenging but vital question to answer. This talk was presented at Monument with the Foresight Institute in August 2018. Original talk:
Samo Burja draws from history to investigate the features of civilizational decline or flourishing, including healthy or failing traditions of knowledge and institutions plagued by sclerosis or marked by exceptional innovation.
Samo Burja is a sociologist and the founder of Bismarck Analysis, a firm that analyzes institutions from governments to companies. His research work focuses on the causes of societal decay and flourishing. He writes on history, epistemology and strategy.
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