History And Destiny | Ian Morris | Escaped Sapiens #39

Note: This episode is not a paid advertisement for Ian's new book.

This is a conversation with archaeologist, historian, and professor of classics Ian Morris from Stanford University. We discuss how factors like soft power, and geography shape the flow of history, and what contemporary issues like Brexit and the conflict in Ukraine look like from the perspective of the last 10,000 years of history.

►For information about Ian's most recent book see:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/978037...

►For more information about Ian's work, and a full list of written works see:
https://classics.stanford.edu/people/...

Menu:
0:00 - Introduction
2:15 - Life as an archaeologist.
12:05 - How did agriculture begin?
19:10 - The power of kings?
27:00 - BREXIT?
27:45 - Should you live for pleasure or for impact?
30:38 - Which trench should you die in?
36:26 - Small nations and war.
40:34 - The end of nations.
45:24 - The soft power of the church.
59:22 - Death of the church.
1:04:18 - Holy books.
1:0826 - What is geography?
1:16:30 - Toilet tweets?
1:18:17 - ICBMs and Internet.
1:20:05 - The great firewall and kings.
123:40 - Countries without land.
1:27:16 - Is diversity strength or weakness?
1:30:40 - The EU and federation.
1:35:14 - Is Russia in trouble?
1:41:01 - How should the west interact with Russia?
1:49:49 - Trust and forgiveness.
1:56:05 - National strategy and Atrocity.
1:59:30 - Are fascism and communism out of date?
2:01:15 - Future governments.
2:04:02 - The next 10,000 years
2:06;06 - Government violence.
2:08:44 - What happens if we abolish the police.
2:14:00 - Our robotic babies.

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