Technological improvements will enable food production to increase as populations increase. However, increases in food production will be negligible unless societies become more centralized so that all factors contributing to the production of food can be better coordinated. But, historically, the more centralized a society was, the greater the percentage of its people who perished if and when it collapsed. Thus, increasing the centralization of societies in an effort to increase food production via better technology will merely exacerbate the disasters associated with societal collapse. The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following? ['The more centralized a society is, the greater its need for increased food production.', 'Societies have become more centralized as technology has improved.', 'Not every problem associated with the collapse of a centralized society would be prevented by technological improvements.', 'The production of food can be increased only by improved technology.']