# Planetary Intelligence **Entity class:** Astrobiological and civilizational concept ## Definition **Planetary intelligence** describes a stage in which cognitive and technological processes become consequential components of planetary systems and may become capable of recognizing and regulating their effects. [[wiki/David Grinspoon|David Grinspoon]] used the ICE platform to frame humanity as a self-aware geological process and proposed the “Sapiezoic” as a possible new planetary eon. The concept does not mean Earth literally possesses one mind. It asks whether a technological civilization can integrate knowledge, energy use, population, and ecological feedback well enough to become a stabilizing rather than destructive planetary force. ## Relationships - **ICE lecture:** “The Emergence of Planetary Intelligence.” - **thinker:** [[wiki/David Grinspoon|David Grinspoon]]. - **methods:** [[wiki/Astrobiology|Astrobiology]], planetary science, Earth systems, and civilizational futures. - **adjacent vault concepts:** [[wiki/Planetary Consciousness|Planetary Consciousness]], [[wiki/Planetary Computation|Planetary Computation]], and [[wiki/Planetary Administrative Intelligence|Planetary Administrative Intelligence]]. - **disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE disambiguation]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [ICE — The Emergence of Planetary Intelligence](https://www.ice.dartmouth.edu/events/the-emergence-of-planetary-intelligence-an-astrobiological-perspective-on-the-human-chapter-of-earth-history)