Theories
The Gaia spore concept is largely a moral tool to interpret the value of human technology within a moral system which places significant value on helping to preserve and protect Earth's ecological systems. Such a Gaia-centric moral system is antagonistic of human progress because of the increased ecological footprint and strain on Earth's ecosystems caused by increases in human population and technological development.
The Gaia spore theory was formed to provide a context to answer the question "what is the value of human progress" from an ecological perspective.
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“The real trouble about women is that they must always go on trying to adapt themselves to men’s theories of women, as they always have done. When a woman is thoroughly herself, she is being what her type of man wants her to be. When a woman is hysterical it’s because she doesn’t quite know what to be, which pattern to follow, which man’s picture of woman to live up to.”
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—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)