"We live in a dream world. With a small, rational part of the brain, we recognize that our existence is governed by material realities, and that, as those realities change, so will our lives. But underlying this awareness is the deep semi-consciousness that absorbs the moment in which we live, then generalizes it, projecting our future lives as repeated instances of the present. This, not the superficial world of our reason, is our true reality." Read social commentator George Monbiot's latest column, in which he argues that climate change threatens the future of humanity, but has led to a refusal of the human race to respond to the crisis rationally.