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When it鈥檚 time to adapt
Amelia Newcomb
Adaptation is the stuff of human history 鈥� and our current moment is no exception. It undergirds the Monitor鈥檚 recent series聽The Climate Generation. It鈥檚 present in our graphic today on falling global birthrates. It even extends into a new TV series based on the beloved young adult book series 鈥淧ercy Jackson and the Olympians,鈥� which Cameron Pugh writes about today.
People understandably resist calls to adapt. But done well, adaptation can ensure that important values live on. Cameron points to one well-known author鈥檚 work. 鈥淧art of the enduring power of Shakespeare is that we鈥檝e managed to adapt his work into modern stories,鈥� he says. 鈥淭he way they鈥檙e expressing it has changed, but the theme hasn鈥檛.鈥澛�
