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ESD Ideas: It is not an Anthropocene; it is really the Technocene: names matter in decision making under Planetary Crisis
Abstract. We do not understand what we see but see what we understand. Words shape the comprehension of our environment and set the space of possibilities we can access when decision making. Inhere we make the case for the use of Technocene instead of Anthropocene using well-grounded arguments in basic scientific principles. We already know that the Earth system has co-evolved with life phenomena (i.e. the evolution of atmosphere chemistry). What the Technocene idea makes clear is that as modern human societies exhibit an enormous coupling with technology and for the first time in human history that technology has the potential to modify the very core processes that drive Earth System dynamics, then Technology most be considered as a new dimension of analysis in the study of Earth system in its co-evolution with life and particularly human beings.
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SC1: 'an interesting contribution', Roger Cremades, 29 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Roger Cremades', Oliver López-Corona, 31 Dec 2019
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RC1: 'Review by anonymous', Axel Kleidon, 28 Jan 2020
- AC2: 'Response to anonymous reviewer', Oliver López-Corona, 29 Jan 2020
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RC2: 'Nothing new under the sun', Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, 08 Feb 2020
- AC3: 'Response to reviewer', Oliver López-Corona, 11 Feb 2020
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SC1: 'an interesting contribution', Roger Cremades, 29 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Roger Cremades', Oliver López-Corona, 31 Dec 2019
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RC1: 'Review by anonymous', Axel Kleidon, 28 Jan 2020
- AC2: 'Response to anonymous reviewer', Oliver López-Corona, 29 Jan 2020
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RC2: 'Nothing new under the sun', Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, 08 Feb 2020
- AC3: 'Response to reviewer', Oliver López-Corona, 11 Feb 2020
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