Emergence.
The analytic jumping off point is Emergence research. Meta systems emerge, as waves and vortices in water, institutions and humanity on earth, as a system, the Gia Hypothesis. REFERENCE 3-4 SENTENCES ON GIA HYPOTHESIS. Humanity and the planetary environment are intimately connected and together constitute the whole. What developments are emerging at a meta level? Is adolescence an emergent phenomena? What are it’s many dimensions and do they all show emergence or just some, during adolescence? By analogy, what might be the dimensions to societal adolescence, to enlighten us toward a brighter future?
How close are the planet’s climate tipping points: NYT 8/20/24, pD8. Breakup of West Antartic Ice; Collapse of Greenland Ice; Abrupt Thawing of Permafrost; Mass death of coral reefs; Shutdown of Atlantic Currents; Loss of Amazon Rainforest; Sudden shift in the West African Monsoon.