Wouldn’t it be amazing if heroes were real? Supervillains sure are real. But what about heroes? Because it would definitely be kind of nice if Superman could show up right now and take care of Lex Luthor. Or if Marty McFly could hurry up and go back in time to put Biff Tannen back in his place.

Everything about this moment we are living in feels to too big to solve. Climate change, global poverty, the collapse of American d...