Big Reveal

Summer, 2026

SOMETIMES, it feels like we’re living at the end of the world. The relentless encroachment of AI, the endless (and seemingly pointless) wars whose ripple effects we can only imagine, and the disheartening polarization of our society.

As a graduate student, I learned that the word for the end—apocalypse—comes from the Greek apokalypsis. It translates to “lifting the veil.” In other words, when you reach the end, it is not time for despair.

It is an urgent clarion call: Try someth...