There is a widely held sense that the digital/sensing/earth observation revolution will help humans find our way out of the dangers of the end of the Holocene. But - how exactly will this work? How can we make it work? Trying to explain what kind of information matters.| Jessica Seddon
“In order for any organism to [control behavior in response to surroundings], one part of it must be receptive, able to smell or hear, and another part of it must be active, able to make something useful happen. The organism must also establish a connection of some sort, an arc, between these two parts.” –… The post Institutions & organisms appeared first on Jessica Seddon.| Jessica Seddon
And the best book of 2023 is … The Sounds of Life, by Karen Bakker. It’s technically a 2022 book, but late 2022 and so good it’s still the best of 2023. It’s in some sense a book about the evolution of bioacoustics, the science of listening to the rest of the environment. There are… The post Books (& turtles) appeared first on Jessica Seddon.| Jessica Seddon
Why more public policy professionals should learn a little about earth system science.| Jessica Seddon
An explanation of the difference between the science (or information) needs for enabling governance vs science needs for decisions.| Jessica Seddon