how can civilisation collapse? that implies it had risen. where are the signs of rising? - iraq invasion? - exxon valdez crash? - enron? - bernie madoff? - goldman sachs? - monsanto? - haliburton / kbr? - nagasaki / hiroshima? - vietnam / napalm?
following joseph tainter, vaclav smil, ronald wright, jared diamond, peter turchin and niko tinbergen Failure is the best option