There is an interesting distinction often made between the way we humans engage in shallow and/or deep thinking about important processes that affect human beings and other life forms on earth.I plan to study and write more in the future about these thinking processes and how they appear to influence contemporary decisions about ecology, economy, science, sociology, etc.
As a starting example related to human made global warming, it seems clear to me that an overwhelming majority of scientists worldwide are trying to think more deeply about the obvious human and ecological consequences and possible solutions to this huge and growing problem. At the same time some politicians and business corporations appear to be practicing shallow thinking about this issue and prefer to try to preserve some short term human economic gains. Representatives of this shallow thinking seem to prefer these shallow economic gains even at the expense or even the demise of other important life forms and ecosystems.
For now, I will post a few references that I have bookmarked and will add more comments about this topic in the future.
Bill McKibbon's Book -- Deep Economy
A short overview of Systems Theory and the Gaia Hypothesis
Green Economics - From Wikipedia
Deep Ecology - from Wikipedia
Deep Science
Jared Diamond Books:
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Interesting PBS web site
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Interesting Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County web site.
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