Meg began by acknowledging the central place of hope in our lives and culture. “The idea that history moves forward, the idea of progress, is one of the building blocks of Western civilization. Part of the bedrock we stand on. But we made it all up. We think our technology will save us, but it actually traps us. Our activism is fueled by similar

Why this perspective is soothing to me, I don’t know, but I find it really reassuring. An end had to come at some point, and when it did, somebody had to be there to witness it. Turns out, it is us, and our children, and perhaps their children, but not too much further out than that. It stings like a wasp.