The famous Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson has proposed the hypothesis of “biophilia,” which states that humans have an innate affinity for animals, plants, and nature in general. But it takes no intellectual leap to see that many humans today possess at least an equal affinity for modern technology, particularly automobiles and electronic items.
However, there can be little doubt that human technology and nature have often been in conflict with one another, particularly since the Industrial Revolution.
So what is the value of smoothing the interface between human technology and the natural environment? Can trying to do so be of benefit to both humans and the other inhabitants of our planet as well? And if so, how?
What are the latest, most innovative approaches to these questions? And what valuable techniques can be learned from ancient, largely pre-technical societies that have existed around the world? Need there be a clash between what can be called the technocentric and envirocentric/ecocentric philosophies?
Indeed, the transformation that can and must occur within the next century promises to be as great a paradigm shift as humanity’s emergence from the Stone Age. It will embody a fundamentally new way of turning human industry and development into Earth-friendly processes, no more harmful to the environment than the life-functions of animals and plants.
Business leaders and environmentalists don’t have to be enemies.
Indeed, the industry of the future can actually benefit the environment, removing existing pollution through the very processes of manufacturing and consuming human necessities.
The point is that technology does not have to be at odds with nature, and we can, in fact, love and have both.
Here we will address these issues, and more, presenting a broad look at ways in which we can reconcile the natural and human-made worlds. After all, the latter is merely a subset of the former.
And you don’t have to be “Green fanatic” to benefit from the many concepts presented here. Just pick and choose from them, considering which may make sense for you to adopt or support in your own personal life, business, or whatever. Some may suit you, some may not. But that’s for you to decide.
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe". . .
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us. . .
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
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