Class #6: Vladimir Vernadsky: The Biosphere and the Noösphere

In this final presentation, we take up LaRouche’s relationship to Vladimir Vernadsky, who developed the concepts of the biosphere and the noösphere. Can study of the evolution of advanced life on this planet provide insights into the development of the human species through the uniquely human phenomenon of economic growth? What is man as a geological force, and what is the future of cognition, beyond planet Earth?