Engaging with current events at this particular moment in modern history can feel kind of like a nightmare. People are dying in mass numbers from a highly contagious virus; natural ecosystems and billions of animals are being decimated by uncontrollable wildfires; armies are increasingly weaponizing amid an outpouring of violence; millions of people are fleeing instability and conflicts in their countries; and hunger, injustice, and natural disasters are unthinkably prevalent.

There is so mu...