Hothouse Earth is on the horizon, yet another war.
There’s a Zen story about a young monk who asks the master’s permission to travel to a nearby kingdom ruled by a tyrant. The young monk wants to lecture the king. The master declines to grant him permission and explains that the king would not listen. Some, the master continues, can only arrive at enlightenment by their own crooked path. It’s much how I feel about the world today.