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Noosphere

Noösphere

A term for the "sphere of thought encircling the earth that has emerged through evolution as a consequence of this growth in complexity / consciousness" — emerging as an evolution of the geosphere (inanimate matter) and the biosphere (biological life).

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Origin

From the Greek for, "mind" and "sphere". Introduced by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1922 in his Cosmogenesis.