"Novacene picks up from that note of hope, and showcases another big idea. Gaia might, after all, be saved — by the singularity. This artificial-intelligence takeover, which so alarms many doomsayers, will be our redemption. Lovelock argues that increasingly self-engineering cyborgs with massive intellectual prowess and a telepathically shared consciousness will recognize that they, like organisms, are prey to climate change. They will understand that the planetary thermostat, the control system, is Gaia herself; and, in tandem with her, they will save the sum of remaining living tissue and themselves. The planet will enter the Novacene epoch: Lovelock’s coinage for the successor to the informally named Anthropocene."
I feel that we are on the verge of a shift in consciousness and intelligence and I hope that a global understanding of the accelerating climate catastrophe will help us to find a way back from the brink of mass extinction. I don't feel that a superior machine intelligence will be a part of it in the same way though, I feel that linking our awareness in remote group sessions like these helps to take us into the new realms that are just within our grasp. Lovelock argues that human thinking is too slow but I'd say that when we shift into global awareness we enter a different kind of enfolded Space and Time where thoughts move instantaneously.
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| One person can make a huge difference... |
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| Less well known, Olga Misik reading the Russian constitution in front of riot police. Independent article here. |
