The map of our new world will be drawn in part by natural processes that remain mysterious, but more definitely by human hands. At what point will the climate crisis grow undeniable, un-compartmentalizable? How much damage will have already been selfishly done? How quickly will we act to save ourselves and preserve as much of the way of life we know today as possible?

— The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells (Page 143)