Overwhelmed by unstoppable techno-scientific progress and disappointed by the ideologies of our time, humanity seems to have remained today without a "beacon" to illuminate its path to the future. We live in an eternal present characterized by growing inequalities, widespread violence and a strong ideological regression. To define this social and human condition, Augé uses the expression "prehistory of humanity as a planetary society." We have entered a new era that is defined by an unprecedented technological development, but also by global migratory movements, economic, political and ecological crises, as well as the strong tension between life that takes place in non-places (spaces of consumption, transit and communication) and the need to live in real places, free of virtual relationships. With his fine capacity for analysis, Augé introduces us to this suggestive critique of the present and places us before the challenge of how to escape this impasse and inaugurate a different era. We will be able?