Anticipatory grief for civilization

The possibility that the civilization or way of life one has known may not continue — that what will be left to one's children may be fundamentally diminished — is a form of grief that has no precedent in scale, though elders across many cultures have experienced the grief of watching their worlds end. This domain examines how to hold this grief honestly without either denial or despair, and what the wisdom traditions offer for living well in the face of collective uncertainty.