Material sophisticates are now articulating what many have intuited: our civilization on a trajectory to terminal collapse. Now it’s time for the spiritual listening that happens when we realize we don’t have all the answers. Love is the miraculous key to a spontaneous remission.

What or who is "material sophisticates"? Asking sincerely. I don't disagree that it's time to for spiritual listening, but I haven't heard this other term before.