Radical Anthropocentrism for Climate Policy

Updated: 2025.12.29 30D ago 1 sources
Reframe environmental policy around maximal human agency: reject intrinsic nature value and treat climate goals as building active climate control (engineering the environment) rather than limiting development. This argues for prioritizing technological mastery—geoengineering, climate control systems, and coordinated technological infrastructure—over preservationist or romantic conservation approaches. — If adopted publicly by influential authors and publishers, this frame recasts climate debates from sacrifice‑and‑preservation to human‑dominance and control, shifting funding, regulatory priorities, and coalition maps for climate action.

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The Techno-Humanist Manifesto, wrapup and publishing announcement
Jason Crawford 2025.12.29 100% relevant
Jason Crawford’s manifesto explicitly advocates 'radical anthropocentrism' and reframes stopping climate change as creating climate control; the series is being published by MIT Press, signaling institutional reach.
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