The Story of Earth: Life, Rocks, and Planetary Coevolution
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores The Story of Earth by Robert M. Hazen as a systems-level analysis of planetary coevolution.
The discussion examines how rocks, oceans, atmosphere, minerals, microbes, and climate formed one interdependent system across deep time. Earth is often imagined as a stable backdrop for life. Hazen’s framework reveals something more dynamic: life and geology have repeatedly altered one another, producing new minerals, new atmospheric conditions, new biological possibilities, and new planetary risks…
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