How Humanity Will Rise From the Age of Empire - Part Two, Dr. Luke Kemp, DemystifySci +442

This is part two from a recent conversation with Luke Kemp from Cambridge University's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. In part one we asked what made humanity suddenly pivot to the nation-state all around the world at the cusp of the bronze age. In part two Kemp argues that colonial expansion stretched a single Goliath across the globe, and we now live in a single integrated system of finance, information, and military power. The deeper problem is not hierarchy itself but permanent, illegitimate dominance. What comes next isn't mere doom and gloom. It's already being tested in fragments: sortition and citizens' assemblies that separate decisions from wealth, benefit corporations, decentralized projects that outperform funded hierarchies, and power split across politics, money, information, and force so that no single domain can capture the rest.Part one: https://youtu.be/rTwRXy_-pZQPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! How Empire Reaches the Present Day03:39 Why Violence Fell as the Stakes Rose08:13 How Close We Came to Nuclear War15:03 Why Global Rules Have No Teeth17:49 Do We Already Live Under One Empire?21:19 How Corporations Became a New Power32:26 How Corporate and State Power Fuse41:27 What Power Does to People46:21 Could Random Citizens Govern Better?54:27 Who Actually Deserves to Lead1:05:21 How Inequality Breaks Democracy1:09:00 Can a Company Serve More Than Profit?1:16:09 Why Fear Keeps Choosing Strongmen1:18:00 What Comes After Empire1:24:40 Should Citizens Decide the Biggest Risks? #economics #politicalphilosophy #historyMERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671