The Virus and the ‘Gaia Hypothesis’

Stephen Yearwood
1 min readMar 24, 2020

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For those who are unfamiliar, the ‘Gaia Hypothesis’ is the idea that Earth is itself an organism that will act to protect the life upon it that is its purpose for existence. The biggest threat to life as it currently exists on Earth is global warming. The Coronavirus has the potential to stop global warming in its tracks.

I’m just saying.

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Stephen Yearwood
Stephen Yearwood

Written by Stephen Yearwood

M.A. in political economy (money/distributive justice) "Please don't confront me with my failures/ I'm aware of them" from "These Days," as sung by Gregg Allman

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