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A collapse will be defined as:
> “A drastic decrease in human population size and/or political/economic/social complexity, over a considerable area, for an extended time.”
# Five Factors
Diamond identifies five factors that contribute to collapse:
- exogenous climate change
- hostile neighbors
- collapse of essential trading partners
- self-inflicted environmental problems
- political, economic, and social institutions
# From Wikipedia
He also lists 12 environmental problems facing humankind today. The fi ...more
> “A drastic decrease in human population size and/or political/economic/social complexity, over a considerable area, for an extended time.”
# Five Factors
Diamond identifies five factors that contribute to collapse:
- exogenous climate change
- hostile neighbors
- collapse of essential trading partners
- self-inflicted environmental problems
- political, economic, and social institutions
# From Wikipedia
He also lists 12 environmental problems facing humankind today. The fi ...more
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