This is the Anthropocene, the geological age during which human activity has become the dominant influence on Earth's environment. We have created a climate crisis which by 2030 will be irreversible and by 2050 will result in an Extinction Level Event.
"The greatest challenge the Anthropocene poses isn’t how the Defense Dept. should plan for resource wars, whether we should put up sea walls to protect Manhattan, or when we should abandon Miami. It won’t be addressed by buying a Prius, turning off the air conditioning, or signing a treaty. The greatest challenge we face is a philosophical one: understanding that this civilization is already dead. The sooner we confront our situation and realize that there is nothing we can do to save ourselves, the sooner we can get down to the difficult task of adapting, with mortal humility, to our new reality."
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