Collapse: Why Some Societies Decline While Others Thrive

The author is a Pulitzer Prize winner for his book "Guns, Germs, and Steel."

We are drawn like a magnet to the monumental ruins left behind by past civilizations, attracted by their spectacular beauty and the secrets they hold. The scale of the ruins testifies to the wealth and power of those who built them. However, why did not only those who built these structures disappear, but also the societies to which they belonged? Where did entire peoples disappear? If they disappeared, where and why? Did they die a terrible death? Behind this romantic mystery, a disturbing thought haunts us: could a similar fate befall modern society?

The author of the book not only offers a new perspective on history, the reasons for the rise and fall of ancient cultures, but also outlines the challenges and threats that constantly face modern civilization, and possible ways to eliminate them.