The Center for Planetary Intelligence
Mission
We are at a moment in human history when the dominant questions are no longer national, economic, social or even ecological alone. The questions are interconnected, planetary, cosmic. What forms of intelligence are co-shaping our future? What kind of human maturity is required to navigate what comes next? How do we move from fragmented agendas to shared planetary stewardship, from warring tribes to a single species consciously acting harmoniously with itself and with the larger ecosystem? How do we begin to understand citizenship not just as national, or even planetary, but as a sense of belonging to the cosmos?
The Center for Planetary Intelligence is envisioned to be a sanctuary for this level of inquiry.
A place where natural intelligence — the wisdom of the Earth and its indigenous traditions — can stand alongside artificial intelligence, not in opposition but in dialogue. A place where spiritual cosmologies can meet astrophysical realities in pursuit of a post-Contact ethic. A place where scientists, mystics, diplomats, technologists, artists, elders and youth can sit together, not to debate ideology but to fathom the reality that we are not alone and that we cannot make it alone, that we must steward a coherent planetary vision with intelligences distinct from us who are here to enable us to fulfill our greatest potential.
Across history, there have been moments when humanity has been called upon to reflect not only on what we are doing but on what we are becoming — what we must do to navigate the challenges of our time when our choices will shape the human future. We are in one of those moments.
Hospicing Modernity
All around us systems that have governed the modern world — political, economic, technological, spiritual — are unraveling under the weight of their own fragmentation. We face not a singular crisis but a civilizational threshold. Climate disruption, artificial intelligence, human rights violations, geopolitical volatility, species extinction, interstellar disclosure — these are not disconnected events. They are signals of a deeper transformation underway, one that reaches into the very foundations of human identity and planetary purpose.
At such a threshold, what is required is not simply more information or faster innovation. What is required is wisdom in its deeper older meaning: the capacity to perceive clearly, to relate ethically, to understand oneself as part of a larger whole, and, most fundamentally, to approach the unknown in gratitude, awe, and in the spirit of inquiry, honoring the mystery.
It is from this recognition that the vision of a Center for Planetary Intelligence emerges. This is not idealism. It is realism of a higher order — one that recognizes the urgency of this time and responds not with panic but with depth.
The Center
The Center is not conceived as an institution in the traditional sense. It is envisioned as a living crucible — a place of reflection and activation — where the convergences of this epoch can be understood and engaged from a truly planetary and cosmic perspective.
The Center will host research, retreats and long-form dialogue. It will seek to model new forms of governance, education and collaboration. It is in this spirit that the Center will house the strategic initiatives of the State of the World Forum. They are all designed to bring multiple intelligences together to shape an abundant future.
There are precedents. Monasteries in the Middle Ages preserved wisdom through cultural collapse. Spiritual communities kept alive the memory for how contemplative space could intersect with systemic change. Cathedrals, ashrams and temples have shown the quiet power of sacred architecture and meditative learning. The Center would draw from these lineages, this rich history and be oriented to how the wisdom gained then can inform us in what we need to do now as we face the future.
What we are challenged by now is not only a planetary crisis. It is a planetary initiation. And every initiation needs a place — not only to receive insight but to integrate it.
The Center for Planetary Intelligence is that place. Not for everyone but for those who are ready. Ready to ask more of themselves. Ready to serve something larger. Ready to remember that wisdom is not a possession but a relationship — between the human and the more-than-human, between the visible and the unseen, between what we have been and what we are becoming.
