translation.en: As Jared Diamond and others have shown us, this is how civilizations commit suicide, by slamming their foot on the accelerator at the exact moment when they should be putting on the brakes.
translation.zh: 如贾德‧戴蒙和其他人展示给我们的， 这就是文明如何走向自我毁灭， 在应该踩刹车 的时候 自己却猛踩油门。