EPISODE · Jul 3, 2023 · 45 MIN
Can Math Predict the End Times?
from Andrew Yang Podcast · host Andrew Yang & Audacy
Peter Turchin is a social scientist at the University of Connecticut who studies the math of social integration and disintegration. Peter created the field of Cliodynamics and delves into how he predicts the trajectory of social cohesion based on historical data from 200 societies, why elite overproduction is bad, and how we can avoid disaster by learning from the past.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RnSnR2koijMEnd Times - https://amzn.to/3NSLqJTFollow Peter Turchin: https://peterturchin.com | https://twitter.com/Peter_TurchinFollow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://andrewyang.com
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Peter Turchin is a social scientist at the University of Connecticut who studies the math of social integration and disintegration. Peter created the field of Cliodynamics and delves into how he predicts the trajectory of social cohesion based on historical data from 200 societies, why elite overproduction is bad, and how we can avoid disaster by learning from the past.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RnSnR2koijMEnd Times - https://amzn.to/3NSLqJTFollow Peter Turchin: https://peterturchin.com | https://twitter.com/Peter_TurchinFollow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://andrewyang.com
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