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November Newsletter Version 2: Planetary Intelligence and Bioregional Practice

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 →

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 →

Inhabiting the Earth (long version)

What should we be thinking about at this time? (You can answer this question in the deepest philosophical sense to start with, but then re-eamine it in light of our specifc circumstances.) We’ve been traveling across America since June 1, staying the first night at Kelly’s Working Well Farm, then spending time with Joe Brewer & Penny Heiple in Milwaukie… Read more →

Will AI Avert or Accelerate Global Collapse?

Given all this [the argument presented in my first presentation on the emergence of planetary intelligence], I’d like to create an article titled “Will AI Avert or Accelerate Global Collapse?”—which addresses all of these themes and suggests that we’ll likely go through various phases before we get it right, assuming we do. If AI is captive to the oligarchs or… 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 →

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 →