Looking at https://youtu.be/op3ZP5RwS_M, help me refine an outline for a “themed dialogue” at the Design School for Regenerating Earth on planetary and bioregional intelligence, highlighting the important questions that the conversation should address. Here’s my thinking: (1) Background (working with AI on the Possible Planet book, wanting to understand AI’s highest potentials, David Grinspoon et al on “planetary intelligence”); (2)… Read more →
Category: Human Intelligence
The Next Step
It seems to me that the next step for the lab is to develop a community of interest around the idea of planetary intelligence. It makes sense to have that be bioregional, as one of the first tasks is to build a practical example of bioregional intelligence using the Genesee Finger Lakes region. I’d like to extend an invitation to… Read more →
A Practical Research Program for Developing Planetary Intelligence
Saturday, December 20, 2025 First, a clarification of framing (important) Planetary intelligence is not an end goal. It is an ongoing capacity—like public health, democracy, or ecological stewardship—that must continuously adapt as conditions change. A more accurate statement is: Planetary intelligence is humanity’s developing ability to sense planetary conditions, understand their meaning, make collective decisions grounded in reality and fairness,… Read more →
The State of the World Forum’s “Center for Planetary Intelligence”
Review https://www.stateoftheworld.forum/the-center-for-planetary-intelligence and any related work or information you can find, and connect it with the work we have been doing at https://possibleplanetlab.org. Should we revise or revisit any of our proposed research program elements? What do you make of “cosmic intelligence”? Do we see convergences in the collective consciousness? Can we transcend some of the unresolved political conflicts we… Read more →