Reality, science fiction, living with trees and more in this week’s #TheEdit.

• Amid all the climate gloom, let’s not ignore the good news. Powerful economic and technological factors are driving the shift to clean energy – Financial Times
• Are we in the Anthropocene? It’s the proposed name for a geologic period defined by extensive human disturbance – The New York Times 
• How businesses are actually using generative AI. Some experiments with chatbots are more useful than others – The Economist
• Is science fiction the new realism? In an era of life-altering pandemics, advanced AI and climate catastrophe, anticipating the future can seem like a futile exercise – New Yorker
• Mountain Man. The only man permitted in Bhutan’s sacred mountains chronicles humanity’s impact – Aeon
• The art of communing with trees. A life that can age and grow young again at the turn of the seasons – The Atlantic
• Tim Dixon: More in Common. A documentary on the dangers of polarisation and how we can overcome it, featuring Tim Dixon, Co-founder of More in Common – The Beautiful Truth