Summary of Chris Begley's The Next Apocalypse

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Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In The Next Apocalypse, archaeologist Chris Begley argues that we completely misunderstand how disaster works.

Examining past collapses of civilizations, such as the Maya and Rome, he argues that these breakdowns are actually less about cataclysmic destruction than they are about long processes of change.

In short: it's what happens after the initial uproar that matters.

Some people abandon their homes and neighbors; others band together to start anew.

As we anticipate our own fate, Begley tells us that it was communities, not lone heroes, who survived past apocalypses-and who will survive the next.