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CHRIS BEGLEY

Maritime Archaeologist and Author

Washington Post: We are Preparing for the Wrong Apocalypse

I study collapsed civilizations. Here’s my advice for a climate change apocalypse.

We study shipwrecks to find overlooked history. With COVID-19, we see it right now.

AEON: The Lost City That’s Not Lost, Not a City, and Doesn’t Need to Be Discovered

Sapiens: The Lost city that's Not Lost (a longer version of the aeon article)

SAPIENS: You Won't Survive the Apocalypse Alone

Lit Hub: Will Climate Crisis Cause the Collapse of society?

Big Think: Why Apocalyptic Fantasies Appeal to Us Psychologically

Our origin myth is about ‘rugged individualism.’ It will get people killed in a pandemic.

On Resilience: Transylvania anthropology professor says pandemic recovery means moving forward — not back to way we were

The Study of History and Living Through it are very different

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