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This week on the show I speak with physicist Geoffrey West (SFI) and evolutionary biologist Manfred Laubichler (ASU, SFI) about the transformations that our geosphere, biosphere, technosphere, and noosphere are undergoing as the âextended phenotypeâ of human innovation runs rampant across the surface of Planet Earth. These two distinguished scientists are some of the most profound thinkers Iâve ever encountered, helping midwife a new understanding of what it means to be human and a planetary citizen. I have wanted Geoffrey West on Future Fossils since well before I even started working for SFI in 2018, so this episode is the consummation of a years-long journey and I cannot be more excited to share it with you! It feels a little like crossing the streams in Ghostbusters, but we live in an increasingly-intertwingled world, so letâs make the best of it! I wouldnât be where I am today without these two fine minds and their important work. EnjoyâŚ
âThe consequences of the Anthropocene are the product of innovations, and yet somehow we think the way out is through EVEN MORE innovation. This is a predicamentâŚInnovation has to be looked at critically. One of the interesting things in the history of life is the OPPRESSION of innovation.ââ Manfred Laubichler
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â¨Â Your Anthropocene & Technosphere Syllabus:
More Is Different:Â Broken symmetry and the nature of the hierarchical structure of science.Phil Anderson
Population growth, climate change create an âAnthropocene engine' that's changing the planetManfred Laubichler
Scale and information-processing thresholds in Holocene social evolutionJaeweon Shin et al.
Policies may influence large-scale behavioral tippingKarine Nyborg et al.
Teaching the Anthropocene from a Global Perspective (2014!)Manfred Laubichler &Â JĂźrgen Renn
More from them:Seminar: Co-Evolutionary Perspectives on the TechnosphereAnthropocene Campus | Technosphere / Co-Evolution, presented by JĂźrgen
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