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		<title>Adding Biosphere Protection to AI: Status Report</title>
		<link>https://garryrogers.com/2026/04/27/adding-biosphere-protection-to-ai-status-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A progress note from Phase One, April 2026 Some readers know that I have been working on a project called Biosphere Sentinel, also known as the AI Biosphere Constitution. The plan is to build an artificial intelligence advisor for ecological &#8230; <a href="https://garryrogers.com/2026/04/27/adding-biosphere-protection-to-ai-status-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Ecological Constitution for Artificial Intelligence</title>
		<link>https://garryrogers.com/2026/04/10/an-ecological-constitution-for-artificial-intelligence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence is growing faster than any technology in human history. Data centers consumed 460 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024, and this is projected to more than double by 2030. The water, minerals, and land required for AI infrastructure are &#8230; <a href="https://garryrogers.com/2026/04/10/an-ecological-constitution-for-artificial-intelligence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Limiting Global Warming To Two Degrees Celsius Is Not Enough</title>
		<link>https://garryrogers.com/2026/02/23/two-degrees-celsius-is-not-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The biggest threat to life on Earth is the massive damage to the biosphere by humans. This damage comes from our heavy resource use, waste production, and severe global warming. Human actions are pushing natural systems past their limits (Rogers &#8230; <a href="https://garryrogers.com/2026/02/23/two-degrees-celsius-is-not-enough/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Post 5: Ignorance of Innocence, Evidence from the Desert</title>
		<link>https://garryrogers.com/2026/02/02/post-5-evidence-from-the-desert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Theories can be dismissed. Long-term data cannot. In 1974, a fire burned through the vegetation along Dead Man Wash in the Sonoran Desert uplands north of Phoenix, AZ. Giant Saguaro cacti were scattered along the wash. Between them grew diverse &#8230; <a href="https://garryrogers.com/2026/02/02/post-5-evidence-from-the-desert/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Post 9: Ignorance of Innocence, Plain Member and Citizen</title>
		<link>https://garryrogers.com/2026/01/30/post-9-ignorance-of-innocence-plain-member-and-citizen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Aldo Leopold wrote in 1949 that we abuse land because we see it as commodity. When we see it as our community to which we belong, we tend to use it with more respect. Becoming a &#8220;plain member and citizen&#8221; &#8230; <a href="https://garryrogers.com/2026/01/30/post-9-ignorance-of-innocence-plain-member-and-citizen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Post 8: Ignorance of Innocence, Three Principles of Maturation</title>
		<link>https://garryrogers.com/2026/01/27/post-8-ignorance-of-innocence-three-principles-of-maturation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three principles define the shift from adolescence to maturity, from destroyer to steward. Ecocentricity means rejecting the view that nature exists for human utility. It means recognizing intrinsic value throughout the biosphere. Rivers have worth independent of irrigation potential. Forests &#8230; <a href="https://garryrogers.com/2026/01/27/post-8-ignorance-of-innocence-three-principles-of-maturation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Post 7: Ignorance of Innocence, Cognitive Adaptation</title>
		<link>https://garryrogers.com/2026/01/24/post-7-ignorance-of-innocence-cognitive-adaptation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[GarryRogers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 13:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Humans possess something no other species has: the capacity to think about our own thinking. We can identify our biases and design systems to counteract them. We can study collapsed civilizations and extract lessons applicable today. We can model futures &#8230; <a href="https://garryrogers.com/2026/01/24/post-7-ignorance-of-innocence-cognitive-adaptation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Post 6: Ignorance of Innocence, Suffering as Teacher</title>
		<link>https://garryrogers.com/2026/01/21/post-6-ignorance-of-innocence-suffering-as-teacher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We refused to mature through foresight. Now we must mature through catastrophe. This is not punishment. It is pedagogy. The floods, fires, famines, and extinctions are initiatory ordeals—the only teachers capable of piercing frameworks that voluntary learning could not penetrate. &#8230; <a href="https://garryrogers.com/2026/01/21/post-6-ignorance-of-innocence-suffering-as-teacher/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Danger of &#8220;Reticence on Steroids&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://garryrogers.com/2026/01/18/reticence-on-steroids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a candid December 2025 appearance on the program Climate Chat, climatologist James Hansen spoke plainly regarding the state of global climate communication. He described the scientific community&#8217;s current posture not merely as cautious, but as &#8220;scientific reticence on steroids&#8221;. &#8230; <a href="https://garryrogers.com/2026/01/18/reticence-on-steroids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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