Earth in Human Hands: Shaping Our Planet’s Future — Planetary Self-Control
What happens when a species becomes powerful enough to change a planet before it becomes wise enough to govern its own effects?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
David Grinspoon’s Earth in Human Hands: Shaping Our Planet’s Future examines the Anthropocene through astrobiology, planetary science, and deep time. Grinspoon argues that humanity has become a geological force, but that the most important feature of this moment may be our dawning awareness of that role.
This episode investigates the mismatch between planetary impact and planetary…
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