 Wright and Diamond see various aspects of the present as dangerous, including the growth of population and pollution (Wright 2002, 128), and the depletion of crucial resources (Diamand 2005, 487–490).  These are the features of a civilization immediately before a collapse. Wright (2004, 64) and Diamond (2005, 118–119) suggest that increasing interconnectedness means that the globe will succeed as a whole or fail as a whole. But, ultimately, neither author is a complete environmental determinist or a complete pessimist.  Diamond suggests that same kind of collective rationality that has prevented small-scale collapse can prevent global collapse (2005, 522).  Unlike Diamond, Wright is not detailed in his recommendations for change and his vision of a truly sustainable globe remains murky.  But he too thinks that in the next 100 years, individual and group choices will determine whether or not collapse occurs (2004, 130–132). 