Very nice piece! Yes! Not only self-regulating, but self-protecting. Gaia will rid herself of whatever is infecting her. Right now, it's humans. Humans, who always put Decartes before de horse! - Adelia Ritchie, PhD - Medium

… can learn from deep ecology and build new human systems that are resilient, effective, and viable. James Lovelock with the Gaia Hypothesis proved that the earth is a systemic, self-regulating system with flows and feedback loops.

Is Descartes’ Rule Finished? The Future Is Deep Ecology

Desiree Driesenaar

Adelia Ritchie, PhD

Mar 14, 2021

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Very nice piece! Yes! Not only self-regulating, but self-protecting. Gaia will rid herself of whatever is infecting her. Right now, it's humans. Humans, who always put Decartes before de horse!

Adelia Ritchie, PhD

Written by Adelia Ritchie, PhD

Science lover, contributing editor at SalishMagazine.org, veggie gardener, expat

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