# Humanity Should Be Earth's Mind Not Its Malady by James Lovelock > “We should be the heart and mind of the Earth, not its malady.” > **— James Lovelock**, *The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever, scientist-maintained original essay* ## Sources and Context - **Original publication:** [The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever](https://www.jameslovelock.org/the-earth-is-about-to-catch-a-morbid-fever-that-may-last-as-long-as-100000-years/) — scientist-maintained original essay; Lovelock's normative Gaia metaphor in his author-published 2006 essay. - **Exact original wording:** “We should be the heart and mind of the Earth, not its malady.” ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Climate Change Decoded Around Ecological Crisis|Climate Change Decoded Around Ecological Crisis]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Human Animality|Human Animality]] - [[wiki/Planetary Stewardship|Planetary Stewardship]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We should be the heart and mind of the Earth, not its malady.” — James Lovelock, The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-james-lovelock-humanity-should-be-earth-s-mind ```