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James Lovelock
Independent scientist and environmentalist, originator of the Gaia hypothesis
James Lovelock (1919-2022) was an English environmentalist, independent scientist and futurist. He is best known for the Gaia Hypothesis, which suggests that the Earth operates as a self-regulating organism.
Across a distinguished career, Lovelock authored a series of influential books including Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth (1979), The Revenge of Gaia (2006) and Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence (2019).
James Lovelock (1919-2022) was an English environmentalist, independent scientist and futurist. He is best known for the Gaia Hypothesis, which suggests that the Earth operates as a self-regulating organism.
Across a distinguished career, Lovelock authored a series of influential books including Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth (1979), The Revenge of Gaia (2006) and Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence (2019).
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What Machines Can't Do
Will computers ever match human intelligence?
Corruption and Climate Change
Piers Corbyn | We misunderstood climate change
Humans versus Nature
Are humans part of nature or a hostile enemy?
Blind Data
The secrets behind compatibility science
March of the Machines
Is AI a threat to mankind?
The World in Our Hands
Rationality and climate change
The Puzzle of Progress
Has technology brought us the good life?
The Dark Side of Environmentalism
Are we just trying to repent of our consumerism?
Mind Machines
The future of AI
James Lovelock: Creativity in Science & Gaia Theory
The life of a lone scientist
What We Don't Know About CO2
The science of climate change
Can We Control AI?
Nigel Shadbolt | The right questions to ask on AI
Is Digital Thinking Different?
The internet revolution & the human brain
Climate Change and Britain’s Future
Huhne predicts wars and violence
How to Thrive in a Digital Age
Creative Robots
How to make an inventive bot
The Habits of Nature
Do natural laws evolve over time?
Genes, Memes and Temes
The Myth of Scarcity
What is the future of sustainable farming?
The Fifth Crime
Designing Life
Nine Million Steps in Solitude
What it’s like to walk the Amazon
Staying Human in Cyberspace
Mindfulness in cyberspace
The Internet is Not a Waffle Iron Connected to a Fax Machine
Global Overhaul
Rupert Read | Why going green matters
Future Storm
Where will lightning strike next?
Why Trolls Matter
The threat to 'polite' society
Rise of the Machines
AI: a science fiction fantasy?
My Avatar, Myself
How to extend yourself into the virtual
Touching Cyberspace
Back to the physical
Cities of the future
What is the architecture of a sustainable world?
How to talk about climate change
Emotionally engaging in the crisis
Scott Aaronson on consciousness and AI safety
Scott Aaronson on consciousness and AI safety
AI and the future of the mind
Is it possible that we'll merge with AI?
The quantum hoax
The science vs. the hype
Electric brains
A journey through 'wireheading'
Humans and nature are one
The history, values, and future of a Green Party
The future is quantum AI
When physics meets technology
The smartphone society
Health, wealth and power in the digital age
The truth about quantum computing
Beyond the hype
Nature: friend or foe?
Does nature always know best?
The quantum age
Curt Jaimungal interviews Michio Kaku
The technology trap
Tech giants and our obsessive behaviour
The values of AI
Should we let AI make decisions for us?
The psychology of AI
An interview with Isabel Millar
Extinction and Renewal
Are we facing the Sixth Great Mass Extinction?
AI, Google, and the fight for culture with Timothy Nguyen
Mathematics vs Art
Human justice and machine intelligence
An interview with Professor Joanna Bryson
The AI Apocalypse
Is AI as dangerous as we think?
The danger and promise of the algorithm
How algorithms control our lives