It’s hard to be excited about the future right now. Climate change is accelerating; inequality is growing; politics is polarized; institutions designed to protect us are strained; technology is disrupting the world of work. We need to upgrade the operating systems of our society. Jess Scully asks, What can we do? The answer is: plenty! All over the world, people are refusing the business-as-usual mindset and putting humans back into the civic equation, re-imagining work and care, finance and government, urban planning and communication, to make them better and fairer for all.