An epistrator is someone who practises Epistry. The epistrator can't stay in the armchair and has to get deep into making technology, especially the infrastructure for doing science. Cyanobacteria were the OG epistrators.
How the word moved
I coined it in July 2026 in Habitability: Recasting the Planetarity Syllabus. The cyanobacteria line is half a joke and half my whole argument. They terraformed the Earth, which is about as deep into infrastructure as anyone has ever gone.
In my words
"Cyanobacteria were the OG epistrators"
from Habitability: Recasting the Planetarity Syllabus, 27 Jul 2026
"the epistrator has to engage deeply with the process of technology creation, especially technology that serves as infrastructure for doing science."
from Habitability: Recasting the Planetarity Syllabus, 27 Jul 2026
Related
- Depends on Epistry - The epistrator is Epistry's practitioner.
- Related Terraforming - Cyanobacteria terraformed the Earth.