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Think it's worth fleshing out Chamberlin's geological argument that was detailed in his essay on "The Psychozoic Era", which I've sampled from this PDF link: arboretum.wisc.edu/cont…
> What was new was Chamberlin’s argument that human domination of the earth had brought us into a new geological era—an era that deserved recognition not bec…
Think it's worth fleshing out Chamberlin's geological argument that was detailed in his essay on "The Psychozoic Era", which I've sampled from this PDF link: https://arboretum.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2015/04/32_ArbLeaflet.pdf
> What was new was Chamberlin’s argument that human domination of the earth had brought us into a new geological era—an era that deserved recognition not because humans were numerous or had invented grand opera and the stock exchange, but because they had significantly and demonstrably altered geological processes. [...] He understood that human influence would not diminish: “The entire land life is being revolutionized by man’s agency and to a very considerable extent, that of the waters. …That he will ultimately modify to a considerable degree marine life, scarcely admits of question.” As to the aptness of the specific term “Psychozoic”, Chamberlin notes “The fact that [his] influence springs from man’s intellectuality, more than from his animal force, renders the term Psychozoic a fitting one.”