Elena Bennett: Seeds of a Good Anthropocene
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Are We Getting Into an Anthropocene Eon?
The anthropicene is a new geologic epoch in which humankind has emerged as a globaly, significant and potentially intelligent force. So what does it mean to live in the anthropocene? And i find the best way to do that is to look back to say, el what did it mean to living in the holocene? The most recent eon is the panerozoic, which dates back to the cambrian explosion - 500 million years ago. We don't know what happens after this state of the planet; we have no idea how human societies can support certain types of development. But one thing you should see right away is that temperature bounces ound a lot, and that
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