So how bad is it going to get? As Rupert elaborates, referencing data and peer-reviewed studies: quite bad. But this isn’t cause to throw your hands up—quite the opposite. Another world is still just possible. That “another world” only emerges if we adopt transformative adaptation, a holistic form of adaptation that recognizes how dire the circumstances are, emphasizes relocalization, and advocates for a reorientation of our value systems away from those we’ve inherited from capitalism. Given what we now know, it would be foolish to think we could reverse the harm done to the planet enough to return to a previous version of normal—but that doesn’t mean our only option is to prepare for dystopia. Instead, through transformative adaptation, we might bring about “thrutopias.” Will we have all our modern conveniences and material abundance in a thrutopia? Probably not. But could we build meaningful lives, in which we deeply connect with each other and experience a shared sense of purpose, while endeavoring to realign our species with the patterns of nature? We can—that world is still just possible.