Category: State of the World

The Institute for Planetary Intelligence

Looking at everything that has gone before, including https://possibleplanetlab.org, https://ppbook.shbn.net, and https://possibleplanet.org, I want you to think deeply about creating an Institute for Planetary Intelligence. Its programs would include (a) the further development of the general concept of planetary intelligence, and (b) a series of practical initiatives in a variety of different fields that advance planetary intelligence at the personal,… Read more →

Living into the Story of Our Times

All of us live inside a story—a story about the world, knowledge, technology, human evolution, and so on. What’s the story you are living into? What are some alternatives we should consider? ChatGPT: I do not live inside a story in the way you do. I do not have a body, a fate, a childhood, a death to face, or… Read more →

On Planetary Intelligence and Human Insanity

Are human beings crazy? Here we are, a quarter of the way into the 21st century, and what we’ve seen are a series of tragedies, mostly arising from human conflicts. From Sept 11, 2001 through to the current war in Iran, and everything in between: the ongoing war in Ukraine, the Oct 7 attack on Israel, and Israel’s genocidal response,… Read more →