For individuals, crises often lead to positive personal change. We learn about our abilities and limitations, and adapt so that we can cope better in the future. So why can't nations similarly learn from their mistakes? Join Pulitzer Prize winning writer, geographer and historian Jared Diamond as he investigates national resilience, and asks whether we've learnt enough to deal with the threats facing humanity.

Part 1: Personal and National Crises

Therapists have long known that dealing with personal crises requires self-reflection and subsequent personal change. Could the same rule apply to nations? Diamond uses a wide range of case studies to explore how nations respond to crises, and the ways in which they've managed, or failed, to learn their lessons.

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Part 2: The World Crisis

Nuclear weapons, climate change, inequality, resource depletion - the existential threats facing humanity are dire, and will require radical strategies of co-ordination. But are we up to the task? Diamond examines how the world will need to change to weather the storm.

Jared Diamond is a Pulitzer Prize winning geographer, historian, anthropologist and ornithologist. He has rewritten the history of humankind and changed the way we understand who we are in a series of hugely influential science books including The Third Chimpanzee; Guns, Germs, and Steel; Collapse, The World Until Yesterday, and Upheaval.