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“Like recent blockbuster books in human history, such as Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens and The Dawn of All Things by David Graeber and David Wingro, Goliath’s Curse offers a new theory of the evolution of civilizations... [It’s] like reading French economist Thomas Piketty through the prism of Mad Max: Fury Road.” —Ed Simon, New York Times Book Review. A Sunday Times bestseller. • A radical retelling. For the history of humanity through the cycle of societal collapse. “A deeply contemplative and strangely inspiring book... Read it now, or your grandchildren will find it in the ruins.” - Johann Hari, author of The Stolen Focus In The Curse of Goliath, Cambridge researcher Luke Kemp undertakes a historical dissection of our species, from the earliest cities to the collapse of modern states like Somalia Frighteningly fragile hierarchies, which have collapsed repeatedly around the world, reveal ground-breaking facts that more democratic societies tend to be more resilient. In our globalized world, collapse is more likely to be long-lasting than ever before. Collapse is likely to have more positive consequences for the general population than for the 1% The Titans carry within them the seeds of their own doom As much as it is useful for finding a way forward, as much as it is for diagnosing our perilous present, Goliath's Curse is a stark reminder that there are bright and dark sides to societal collapse—that it is not necessarily a return to chaos or a dark age—and that building a more resilient world may mean building a more just world.