简介:WeliveintheAgeofExtinctions-thecallfornamingourtime"Anthropocene"isnomorethanhubrisandescapismfromthiscolossalsin.Althoughthe6thmassextinctionhaspossiblyalreadystarted(Barnoskyetal.,2011),anditmayprovethelargestsofartobeenduredbylifeonEarth,effortsareneedednottoturnthisintotheAgeofLoneliness,whenhumansmayfindthemselvesMastersoftheEarthbutalone(Wilson,2014).