translation.en: How can we understand what makes some societies more fragile than other societies? The problem is obviously relevant to our situation today, because today as well, there are some societies that have already collapsed, such as Somalia and Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. There are also societies today that may be close to collapse, such as Nepal, Indonesia and Columbia.
translation.zh: 我们该如何来理解这一点呢？ 显然，这个问题非常有现实意义。 因为于当下世界同样 有一些已经崩溃了的社会，如：索马里、 卢旺达和前南斯拉夫。此外， 还有一些行将崩溃的社会，比如：尼泊尔、印度尼西亚、哥伦比亚。