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The Complexity Sciences
and Gaia
ALL-DAY SEMINAR:
Sat., May 19, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, Smithsonian Institution
Although the human species is a relative
newcomer to Earth, our rapid development, both in population
size and technical/industrial capability, poses significant
challenges to our ability to maintain current social, economic,
and environmental practices. Many scientists believe our lives
and lifestyles must change over the next 20 years if our planet
is to continue to sustain all life.
The good news is that when a whole system's
approach based on Complexity sciences is applied to the technical
and industrial methods we already use, we can see promise
for establishing a globally sustainable lifestyle.
This seminar features a diverse and distinguished
panel of researchers who examine how new and different scientific
views and organizational models may help us reframe old cause-and-effect
views of ourselves and our social, economic, and industrial
systems, and how we might develop our human practices and
wisely apply our ever more powerful technical and industrial
capability.
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