this book is not about fixing, rejecting, destroying, replacing, or transcending modernity—these desires are part of modernity (and are also faster than thought!). Instead, the stories invite you to sit with a quickly aging modernity as it approaches and resists its own death. You will be invited to offer modernity compassionate assistance while

even as we come closer to discovering our reason for being, we still might find ourselves regularly weighed down by the immense amount of suffering and injustice we see in the world around us. We may become routinely overwhelmed by the fear that can arise when ever we stop to truly consider the epic scope of the many challenges facing our species.