And if our civilization is heading towards collapse? Not in some centuries in the future, but during our lifetime? Many people recognize that we face enormous challenges today, from climate change and its potentially catastrophic consequences to the multitude of socio-political problems, yet we struggle to confront the very possibility that these crises could lead to the downfall of our entire culture.

Nevertheless, we have numerous indications that make it clear we are facing escalating systemic instabilities that threaten the ability of human populations to survive in a sustainable environment.

The authors gather and analyze all of this scientific data and evidence, linking it to their impacts on our daily lives within the context of the impending disaster we will experience.

They believe that utopia has now shifted; utopists are those who think everything can continue as it is today, while realists are those acting towards transition and building local resilient communities.

Collapse is indeed the horizon of our generation, but it is not our end; it is the dawn of our new future. We will invent new ways to exist in the world and coexist with other living beings, or we will succumb to the voracious, chimera-like expansion of the dominant paradigm we are experiencing.