DESIGNING EARTHLINGSUNIFYING REASON AND VALUESTOADDRESS THE CHALLENGES WE FACEPETER EISENBERGEROUTLINE OF TALKPERSONAL PROLOGUETHE CO-EVOLUTION CHALLENGES WE FACE- OUR ROLE- GLOBAL THREATSBASIC CONCEPTS- KNOWLEDGE GAP THREAT- LIMITS TO KNOWLEDGE/COMPLEXITY- DISTINCTION BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS- HUMAN UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE- MAKING GOOD DECISIONSKNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR PLANET- UNDERSTANDING PAST GLOBAL DISASTERS- CONCLUSIONS ABOUT FUTURE THREATSKNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR BRAIN- NATURE/NURTURE- CONSTRAINTS ON DECISION MAKING- WAYS TO ADDRESS CONSTRAINTSKNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOCIAL EVOLUTION- IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION IN THE PAST- CURRENT EFFORTS/GLOBAL COOPERATIONDESIGNING EARTHLINGS- CHANGES IN VALUES/GOLDEN RULE- IMPROVED DECISION MAKING- CHANGES IN SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONDESIGNING EARTHLINGS APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT- KNOWLEDGE VERSUS BELIEFS ABOUT THE THREAT- DESIGN OF A SOLUTIONOBSERVATIONS/CONCLUSIONSOUR EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY- HOMO GENUS EVOLVED FOR ~ 7,000,000 YEARS- SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST(SOF)- HOMO SAPIENS FOR~200,000 YEARS- 95% IN SOF FRAMEWORK + LIMITED HUNTER GATHERER SOCIAL ORGANIZATION + NO KNOWLEDGE AT GLOBAL SCALE OR OF BRAIN’S WORKINGS + NO CAPABILITY TO ALTER NATURE GLOBALLY- SINCE LAST ICE AGE (~13000 YA)- TOOLS/CHANGING SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONSINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INITIATES A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION- ENERGY TO DO WORK- IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION/COMMUNICATIONS/CONNECTIVITY- RAPID GROWTH IN KNOWLEDGETHE EARTH HUMAN SYSTEM Before Human DominanceHuman SystemSocial InstitutionsValuesBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemFigure 3. The Earth/Human System – Before DominanceEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEarth SystemGeosphere, AtmosphereEcosphereHuman SystemSocial InstitutionsValuesBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemFigure 3. The Earth/Human System – Before DominanceEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEarth SystemGeosphere, AtmosphereEcosphereEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEarth SystemGeosphere, AtmosphereEcosphereGLOBAL INFLUENCE OF HUMANS CHANGING OF THE ATMOSPHERE - GLOBAL WARMING- 385PPM CO2 - REDUCING OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE LAYER - POLLUTIONUSE OF NATURAL RESOURCES - 8% OF FRESHWATER USED BY HUMANS - 11% OF SURFACE AREA - 30% OF FERTILE SOILS HAVE BEEN LOST - MORE MINERALS MOVED BY HUMANS THAN BY NATURE - OVER 50% OF THE SUN’S NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY - LOSS OF FORESTS THROUGH LOGGING AT 1% PER YEAR - BIODIVERSITY LOSS(ESTIMATE 1000 TIMES BACKGROUND)CONCLUSIONS - WE ARE HAVING GLOBAL IMPACT - DRIVEN BY USE OF KNOWLEDGE TO MEET OUR NEEDS + ENERGY TO DO WORK + TRANSPORTATION/COMMUNICATION - KNOWLEDGE IS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORDNOTE- POPULATION/ECONOMIC GROWTH TO CAUSE A 5 TO 10 TIMES INCREASE IN OUR EFFORTS THIS CENTURY!WE CAN USE OUR KNOWLEDGE TO MEET OUR NEEDS BUT…….?WE ARE A VERY SUCCESSFUL SPECIES/ WE ARE A GLOBAL FORCE- POULATION HAS INCREASED GREATLY/LIFESPAN BY ABOUT 3- OUR USE OF KNOWLEDGE ENABLES US TO HAVE GLOBAL IMPACTS- WE CAN CHANGE THE COURSE OF FUTURE EVOLUTIONYET WE ARE STILL AT RISK FROM A CHANGING PLANET- OUR KNOWLEDGE HAS IDENTIFIED GLOBLAL THREATS TO LIFEWE ARE SUCCESSFUL BUT WE NEED TO CHANGE (AGAIN)- TO ADDRESS THE GLOBAL THREATS LIFE FACES- TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT A GLOBAL THREAT OURSELVESTHE EARTH HUMAN SYSTEM After Human DominanceHuman SystemSocial InstitutionsValuesBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemFigure 4. The Earth/Human System – After DominanceEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEarth SystemGeosphere, AtmosphereEcosphereHuman SystemSocial InstitutionsValuesBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemFigure 4. The Earth/Human System – After DominanceEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEarth SystemGeosphere, AtmosphereEcosphereEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEarth SystemGeosphere, AtmosphereEcosphereWHAT ARE THE GLOBAL THREATS WE FACE NATURE DRIVEN GLOBAL THREATS - ASTEROIDS - CLIMATE CHANGE/ CATASTROPHIC CHANGE IN ATMOSPHERE - SUPER VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS - DISEASES - ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSEHUMAN (also part of nature) GLOBAL THREATS - CHANGING THE ATMOSPHERE/CLIMATE CHANGE + ENERGY USE + POLLUTION + NUCLEAR WINTER - BIODIVERSITY LOSS/ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE + ALTERING ECOSYSTEMS TO MEET OUR NEEDS + GENETICALLY MODIFIED PRODUCTS - NEW VIRUSES/DISEASES + NEW EXPOSURE/INCREASED VULNERABLITY + BIOLOGICAL WARFARE NO NEW TYPE OF THREAT TO PLANET BY HUMANSWE ARE PART OF NATURE CHALLENGE IS CO-EVOLUTION OF OUR PLANET AND OURSELVESIN THE PRESENCE OF GLOBAL THREATS TO ALL LIFEI, WE, THREAT(IWT) FEEDBACK FRAMEWORK - INDIVIDUALS (I) HAVE VIEW OF THEIR REALITY/ REFERENCE FRAME - KNOWLEDGE/BELIEFS DEFINE VALUES AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS (WE) - KNOWLEDGE/BELIEFS DEFINE THE THREATS TO OUR SURVIVAL - KNOWLEDGE/BELIEFS/VALUES USEDTO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THREATS - WE USE OUR INSTITUTIONS TO IMPLEMENT THEMCRITICAL ROLE OF OUR BRAIN - ABILITY TO USE KNOWLEDGE TO PLAN FOR THE DISTANT FUTURE - DEFINES/CONSTRAINS OUR VIEW OF REALITY/REFERENCE FRAME - ABILITY TO LEARN/INNOVATE TO CHANGE IWT FRAMEWORK ITSELF + REFERENCE FRAME, VALUES, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONSTHE EARTH HUMAN SYSTEM Co-evolutionHuman SystemSocial InstitutionsValuesBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemFigure 5. The Earth/Human System – Co-EvolutionEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEarth SystemGeosphere, AtmosphereEcosphereKBH SystemHuman SystemSocial InstitutionsValuesBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainBrain SystemHind BrainMid BrainFore BrainInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemInstitutionsContentKnowledge SystemFigure 5. The Earth/Human System – Co-EvolutionEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEarth SystemGeosphere, AtmosphereEcosphereEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEvolution SystemA-bioticBioticEarth SystemGeosphere, AtmosphereEcosphereKBH
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