noosphere

noun

noo·​sphere | \ ˈnō-ə-ˌsfir \

Definition

the sphere of human consciousness and mental activity especially in regard to its influence on the biosphere and in relation to evolution

borrowed from French noosphère, from Greek noo-, combining form of nóos,contracted noûs "mind, intellect" (of uncertain origin) + French -sphère -SPHERE

NOTE: Probably first used by Pierre TEILHARD DE CHARDIN in a 1925 essay "L'hominisation," published in La vision du passé (Paris, 1957)

Clément Vidal provides an overview of the Noosphere based on an essay written in 1947 by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, entitled The Formation of the Noosphere. 

What is the Noosphere?

The Noosphere is the sphere of thought enveloping the Earth.

The word comes from the Greek noos (mind) and sphaira (sphere).

The Noosphere is the third stage of Earth’s development,

after the geosphere (think rocks, water, and air) and

the biosphere (all the living things).

The three spheres build on each other: For example, life in the biosphere needs the geosphere to survive (matter, water, and air), and thinking needs to be embodied in the biosphere, via the living brains of human beings and our technology.

So the Noosphere can be seen as the rise of

a planetary superorganism

integrating all geological, biological, human, and technological activities

into a new level of planetary functioning.