b'PROLOGUEIn 1970, Alvin Toffler wrote the bestseller Future Shock, heralding an era of unprecedented innovation and acceleration. We couldnt quite know how right he was, although the resonance of his message was ineluc-table. Now, on the back end of 50 years of just thatunprecedented innovation and acceleration, in every sphere of lifewe are trying to find our way from the Age of Ones and Zeros to whatever comes next. What comes after future shock? Shock of pandemic. Shock of supply chain. Climate shock. Cyber shock. Actual shock and virtual shock. Shock of billions and trillions. Shock of Us and shock of Them. Shock that after all that future shock, fear, hatred and vilification are shock-ingly stubborn. We are called to a new era of pragmatism, at the level of household, community and bioregion, pushed by the immediacy of crisis and pulled by the long-term need for systemic change. We are called to a new era of peacemaking, at the level of. . .well, thats where poetic possibility and lively seriousness come in, the place where sapiens flirts not only with disaster, but also with philios.The urgency of the current moment is overwhelming. Our ability to respond effectively depends on our understanding of the words the current moment. What do they mean? The moment the number of COVID-19 cases spike? The moment the Dow Jones Industrial Average 7'