The time for civilisation is past

We tried ruling the world; we tried acting as God's steward, then we tried ushering in the human revolution, the age of reason and isolation. We failed in all of it, and our failure destroyed more than we were even aware of. The time for civilisation is past. Uncivilisation, which knows its flaws because it has participated in them; which sees unflinchingly and bites down hard as it records – this is the project we must embark on now. This is the challenge for writing – for art – to meet. This is what we are here for.

Paul Kingsnorth & Dougald Hine, 'Uncivilisation – The Dark Mountain Manifesto' on The Dark Mountain Project, http://dark-mountain.net/ (15/03/2015)