This question really involves around what civilization is, and how durable one thinks it is. Depending on viewpoint, there have been countless collapses of civilizations, and it is quite reasonable to consider ours at risk.<p>What do you view a collapse to be like? It doesnt have to a post apocalyptic wasteland. All we need is for enough base assumptions to break, and then things start to domino out of control. We have lots of triggers, and so far (from my bubble) the stability of the system as a whole has prevented any local collapse from growing too big. But looking at the many localized collapses of my lifetime doesnt really fill me with utter confidence.<p>Everything is built on trust of the system, but as that trust grows fragile it gets easier for the next problem to grow, and every unanswered problem reduces stress on the system.<p>I've been reading into the Bronze Age Collapse and...in my uneducated, anecdotal view, it feels painfully possible.