Please review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ose0VxDnQc&list=PLESI2ngB_tRYPpzjZHDmPpFrLh7ii6YcO&index=1, as well as https://possibleplanetlab.org and https://institutepi.org as well as any other sources you can find and provide an update in the form of a sexond newsletter focusing on bioregional intelligence, along with an assessment of the latest trends in the development of AI and the effort to align it with life. PLANETARY INTELLIGENCE Research and Reflection Planetary Intelligence… Read more →
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Bioregional Intelligence in Service to Life (Draft #2)
PLANETARY INTELLIGENCE Research and Reflection Bioregional Intelligence in Service to Life Issue 2 | 6 November 2026 | Newsletter draft Our first newsletter asked whether planetary intelligence might already be emerging.[1] This second issue brings that question closer to home: can a community become better at understanding its watershed, making decisions together, and correcting mistakes? Bioregions offer a practical setting… Read more →
What Should Count as Planetary Intelligence?
GPT-6 – 10/31/2026 – Foundational Reference Article The emerging science, the unresolved questions, and the public choices that will shape our future A research and public-policy review | October 2026 The intelligence problem Imagine a community trying to restore a damaged watershed. Scientists can measure water quality, soil conditions, biodiversity, and changing rainfall patterns. Satellites can reveal the loss or… Read more →
Current Developments in Planetary Intelligence Systems
It seems that many other people are talking about Planetary Intelligence, including Earth intelligence, Nature intelligence, etc., including last night’s ERA Masterclass, articles like https://didipershouse.substack.com/p/layers-of-intelligence-in-living; and others, which I hope you can find. Please draft a newsletter on current developments in planetary intelligence systems, raising unanswered questions of both a scientific and a sociocultural nature. GPT 6 High The research… Read more →
The Emergence of Planetary Intelligence: A Fresh Look
Let’s start with a framing definition of “planetary intelligence,” reflecting its original conceptualization by Adam Frank and others but distiunguishing this initiative from that using the concepts and ideas we’ve discussed to date, and then laying out a kind of scientific roadmap, as far as we can see it as this point, with plenty of room for unknowns, untested hypotheses,… Read more →
Revised Concept Note (April 2026)
Institute for Planetary Intelligence Concept Note (v2b) Incubated by Possible Planet / Center for Regenerative Community SolutionsRevised draft, April 2026 Overview The Institute for Planetary Intelligence is proposed as a new initiative incubated under Possible Planet and the Center for Regenerative Community Solutions (CRCS), emerging directly from the intellectual, ethical, and practical work now underway through Possible Planet Lab. Possible… Read more →
What Should We Be Paying Attention To?
All of us live inside a world of conversations—in the media (including, in my own case, a great many podcasts), in courses and seminars and board meetings. It’s worth asking, what’s the world of conversations that you’re in? But what is happening out there in the real world, and how well is it reflected in the conversations we’re having? How… Read more →
Gaia’s Healing
As a complementary inquiry to that on global threats and strengthening the planet’s immune system, I’d like to see a piece on “Healing Gaia,” starting from James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis’ Gaia theory, and bringing us up to date on what is known about the state of planetary health and possible avenues for the full restoration of function and strengthening… Read more →
Strengthening the Planet’s Immune System
Earlier parts of this conversation are posted at the end. What I want to focus attention on is the final GPT-5.4 output: Threat, Transparency, and the Protective Function of Planetary Intelligence Any adequate conception of planetary intelligence must include not only the capacity to perceive and interpret reality, but also the capacity to protect the integrity of the systems through… Read more →
Original Concept Note (March 2026)
Institute for Planetary Intelligence Concept Note Incubated by Possible Planet / Center for Regenerative Community Solutions March 2026 Overview The Institute for Planetary Intelligence is proposed as a new initiative incubated under Possible Planet and the Center for Regenerative Community Solutions (CRCS), emerging directly from the intellectual, ethical, and practical work now underway through Possible Planet Lab. Possible Planet already… Read more →