noosphere
Noun
Meaning
noosphere (plural noospheres)
The sphere of human reason, thought, and consciousness, seen as a theoretical evolutionary stage.
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“From our vantage point, I don’t think people truly understand what the end users want or appreciate what the end users’ timelines are for those needs,” said Mark Watt, partner at Noosphere Venture Partners.
In this sense, the noosphere emerges through and is constituted by the interaction of human minds.
In Vernadsky's theory of the Earth's development, the noosphere is the third stage in the earth's development, after the geosphere (inanimate matter) and the biosphere (biological life).
Rather, he posited, the process of evolution experiences jumps in complexity (such as the emergence of a self-reflective universe, or noosphere).
The biosphere and noosphere reader: Global environment, society and change.
The noosphere is therefore as much part of nature as the barysphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.