As the story unfolds, we are informed that civilizational collapse is a result of the wrongdoings of a small group of humans, or a virus or natural disaster, and not the consequence of billions of us living unsustainably for hundreds of years. If the latter is accidentally uttered, it is hush-hushed away immediately by an unlikable person, steering the conversation back to how we must fight the evil conspirators, aliens, zombies, virus, you name it. ‘Hey, we’ve got a mission to accomplish! We must save the world!’