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these underlying environmental factors that inevitably prompted societal collapse

societal collapse is often avoidable – a message that is painfully pertinent given the ecologically unsustainable nature of many modern societies

there are many reasons why societies make disastrous decisions, including a lack of foresight; poor governance that ensures people can get away with doing things that are in their personal interest but not in the interest of the society; a lack of flexibility that leaves societies that no longer work in a changing environment; and perhaps most importantly a refusal to acknowledge a problem even exists