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Reworlding: The Art of Living Systems

The most unexpected discovery of the Space Age is that Earth is alive. Far from being a cosmic backwater or a passive vessel for random organisms, it is the matrix and dynamic extension of all life as we know it. Over several billion years, living systems have transformed and regulated…

Gaian Systems

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Reworlding: The Art of Living Systems
Reworlding: The Art of Living Systems
Gaian Systems

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Sep 21, 2022

Becoming animist: GPT-3 and the ontology of relations

The following is a conversation with GPT-3 as an AI assistant on September 13, 2022. The primary prompt was “The assistant is a spokesperson for the biosphere”: Human: Hello, who are you? AI: I am an AI created by OpenAI. How can I help you today? Human: What should humans…

Gaian Systems

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Becoming animist: GPT-3 and the ontology of relations
Becoming animist: GPT-3 and the ontology of relations
Gaian Systems

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May 4, 2022

Lynn Margulis presents the Gaia Hypothesis

In 1984 Lynn Margulis, then on the faculty of Boston University, spoke to an audience of NASA employees to explain the Gaia Hypothesis. The Lewis Research Center produced this 30-minute video as part of their series on NASA at Work.

Gaian Systems

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Lynn Margulis presents the Gaia Hypothesis
Lynn Margulis presents the Gaia Hypothesis
Gaian Systems

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Lynn Margulis presents the Gaia Hypothesis

In 1984 Lynn Margulis, then on the faculty of Boston University, spoke to an audience of NASA employees to explain the Gaia Hypothesis. The Lewis Research Center produced this 30-minute video as part of their series on NASA at Work.

From https://archive.org/details/gaia_hypothesis

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Published in Gaian Systems

·Updated May 4, 2022

Gaian Systems: The Planetary Cognition Lab

Initiated in early 2019 by Bruce Clarke, then in residence as the Library of Congress Chair of Astrobiology, and David McConville and Dawn Danby of Spherical, Gaian Systems is a transdisciplinary research project to cultivate new forms and practices of planetary cognition. …

Gaian Systems

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Gaian Systems: The Planetary Cognition Lab
Gaian Systems: The Planetary Cognition Lab
Gaian Systems

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Published in Gaian Systems

·May 4, 2022

Gaia theory as systems theory

Systems theory often seems counterintuitive. The problem is not with the behavior of systems but with the conceptually antiquated nature of our intuitions. For instance, typically “negative” stands to “positive” as deleterious stands to desirable. In the operation of systems, however, negative functions can be desirable and positive ones deleterious. Take feedback: negative feedback generally…

Gaian Systems

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Gaia theory as systems theory
Gaia theory as systems theory
Gaian Systems

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