As we approach peak oil, limits to growth, overpopulation, ecosuicide, climate change etc civilisation changes from a stable system to a nonlinear system as it moves to a new equilibrium.
It is at this point you are left with a physical reality composed of a number of variables and binary decisions that can trend towards fear or love.
Each individual has free will to move their own consciousness and through the expression of their consciousness move the collective towards either direction.
This is a simple logical truth and philosophy.