The collapse of their isolated civilization, Diamond writes, is a "worst-case scenario for what may lie ahead of us in our own future".

戴蒙德写道，他们的孤立文明的崩溃，是“我们未来可能面临的最糟糕的情况”。

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And if Paul Tucker at the Bank of England encouraged Barclays to lie, as is implied by Diamond's memo, would he have been justified in doing so?

BBC: The elusive truth about Barclays�� lie

What for many will be the most striking element of Mr del Missier's testimony was his clear recollection that Bob Diamond, in a telephone call, had passed on an instruction from the Bank of England to lie about the interest rates Barclays was paying.

BBC: Barclays' 'culture of pushing the limits'