The technosphere, our agency, our planet
What can we do, what should we do?
John Maynard-Smith and Eörs Szathmáry (Maynard Smith and Szathmáry 1995; Szathmáry and Maynard Smith 1995) famously argued that evolution has undergone highly significant ‘major transitions’ in the very units of evolution and the mechanisms by which evolution proceeds. Incorporating the technosphere fully within their schema of ‘major transitions’ would involve expanding the definition of the …
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What does it mean to be an agent in the ‘critical zone’, the near-surface environment of the Earth where most living things reside and have evolved? This is a complex, dense, folded world, a commons where the powers of each entity – abiotic, living or technological – are dependent on those around it. The character …
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The technosphere, our agency, our planet 
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