We often imagine that our planet might be a sentient entity - Gaia - but could something like this evolve under known science? And might a conscious world be something we might create in the future?

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Credits:
Sentient Planets & World Consciousnesses
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 312a, October 17, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
A.T. Long
Jerry Guern

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics:
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
LegionTech Studios

Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Sentient Planets & World Consciousnesses (Narration Only)

Isaac Arthur