Planetary Design is design and technology for the planet. Done right, it makes the ecological choice the default in everyday life. I think it has to become our most important design discipline.
How the word moved
In Apr 2024, in the first Wystem essay, I used it for design "for the planet" and was careful to say I didn't mean using the whole planet for human ends. In Apr 2025 I turned it against Gilman: you improve daily life by making the ecological choice the easy one, the one you'd pick without thinking.
In my words
"Planetary Design must become our most important design discipline."
from Bhumics Sidebar: Is Humpty Dumpty Dead?, 16 Apr 2025
"By planetary design/technology, we don't mean the use of the entire planet for human ends"
from Wystem: A System for Wicked Problems, Part 1, 8 Apr 2024
Related
- Related Design of Philosophy - back in 2014 I already treated philosophy as a design discipline.
- Related Wystem - planetary design is what the Wystem is built for.
- Related Philosophical Engineering - it's engineering the planet for all beings.
- Related Gilman and Blake - planetary design was my reply to Gilman.