When we hear the words “new age” we might think of music, spirituality and religious beliefs or even, perhaps, wine. However, none of these apply to how the term is employed in Center Faculty Fellow Brad Allenby‘s article about the Anthropocene, recently published in Slate. There, the term “new age” reflects a proposed geological place and time: the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene is said to have been born at that moment when man-made activity began to leave its mark. This unique place and time is being heralded by some as an epoch, which Allenby claims is problematic because it implies stability. The suggested Anthropocene, follows the Holocene, a geological epoch that began 11,700 years ago. Allenby points out that even if we are generous and set the beginning of this distinct Anthropocenic era two-hundred years ago, with the speed of human-induced global change and its impact, we should hesitate to call it a geological epoch. To do so, is simply arrogant. At most, humans are an “event,” states Allenby and events are not the heart and soul of an epoch, unlike stability.