Sapiens and Collapse - a podcast by Bill Chu, Mirsad Hadzikadic, Mark Pizzato

In his 2014 book, Sapiens, Yuval Harari offers a meta-history of humankind that traces the evolution of "religion" from animism, polytheism, and monotheism (such as Islam and Christianity), or natural-law beliefs (such as Buddhism), to current consumer capitalism, science, and technology. Rachel Nuwer's recently posted, bbc.com article, "How Western Civilisation Could Collapse," summarizes various predictions about the impending end of global capitalism--if it continues to be unsustainable, ecologically and economically. Is our species doomed or can wisdom from traditional religions save us?

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