Societies stretched to the limit will collapse. Judging from our historical record, which goes back to 2200 BC in the Near East, the same five forces — population movements, disease, government breakdown, famine, and climate change — are always involved in major breakdowns. ... Fragility replaces resilience, and when everything is under stress, even quite small shocks can bring the entire system crashing down.
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