Still, from the simultaneously open and bounded perspective of that learned ignorance by which the new spirit must be guided, we must face the possibility that the Planetary Era “may ... come to naught before it has even begun to bloom. Perhaps humankind’s struggles may lead only to death and ruin.” Morin adds, “However, the worst is not yet certain, and the game is not yet over. In the absence of any certainty or even probability, there is the possibility of a better world.”188
