GRIDsilience: System Planning

But I saw an article recently in Quaternary Science Reviews that piqued my interest, and It was called Spatial Resilience and Population Replacement in Europe during MIS-3, a comparative study of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

MIS-3, or the Marine Isotope Stage 3, is a geologic period from about 60,000 to about 30,000 years ago.

It was characterized by rapid extreme climate changes, variable sea levels.

might sound familiar.

There are a couple of interesting things about this period in particular.

There were abrupt changes in greenhouse gas levels, as evidenced in cores from around the world.

And on the European continent, there was a major migration out of Africa, and our Homo sapien ancestors were migrating into Europe and confronting and actually living with the Neanderthals, the Homo neanderthalensis, our closest extinct relative.

So I'm not supposing you've thought about Neanderthals a lot, but if you have, you've probably thought they're brutish, they're short, they're hunched, and they're not real bright.

But in fact, they used tools, they walked upright, they made fire, they wove fabrics, they created art, and they were a whole lot more intelligent than we gave them credit for.

So the question has long been why they are gone and we're here.

And I won't go into the weeds about habitat suitability models and the use of the data that this article talked about, but I mention it because today we're talking about grid resilience, were gathered to exchange information and knowledge, to learn from each other, to make connections.

And so I mention it because the authors of this study found that, quote, regions favorable to Homo sapiens were found to be more highly connected than those of Neanderthals.

According to the lead author, connectivity is crucial because interconnected populations form networks, allowing members to move to allied, related, or partner groups in response to climactic, ecologic, or demographic shocks.

So these networks act as a safety net, wrote the author.

They allow for exchange of information on resources and animal migration, the forming of partnerships, and temporary access to other territories in the event of a crisis.

So today, we exchange information not on resources and animal migration patterns, but on technologies, on political and technological frameworks that will allow us to adjust to shocks that we may have encountered or may expect to see.

And it is the connections that E2Tech facilitates through our programming and networking events that help that to happen.

It may be that our health, happiness, and ultimate survival depend on those kinds of connections.

So share your knowledge, share your information, make connections.

Thank you for being here.

I'd like to turn it over to Orion.

But I saw an article recently in Quaternary Science Reviews that piqued my interest, and It was called Spatial Resilience and Population Replacement in Europe during MIS-3, a comparative study of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

MIS-3, or the Marine Isotope Stage 3, is a geologic period from about 60,000 to about 30,000 years ago.

It was characterized by rapid extreme climate changes, variable sea levels.

might sound familiar.

There are a couple of interesting things about this period in particular.

There were abrupt changes in greenhouse gas levels, as evidenced in cores from around the world.

And on the European continent, there was a major migration out of Africa, and our Homo sapien ancestors were migrating into Europe and confronting and actually living with the Neanderthals, the Homo neanderthalensis, our closest extinct relative.

So I'm not supposing you've thought about Neanderthals a lot, but if you have, you've probably thought they're brutish, they're short, they're hunched, and they're not real bright.

But in fact, they used tools, they walked upright, they made fire, they wove fabrics, they created art, and they were a whole lot more intelligent than we gave them credit for.

So the question has long been why they are gone and we're here.

And I won't go into the weeds about habitat suitability models and the use of the data that this article talked about, but I mention it because today we're talking about grid resilience, were gathered to exchange information and knowledge, to learn from each other, to make connections.

And so I mention it because the authors of this study found that, quote, regions favorable to Homo sapiens were found to be more highly connected than those of Neanderthals.

According to the lead author, connectivity is crucial because interconnected populations form networks, allowing members to move to allied, related, or partner groups in response to climactic, ecologic, or demographic shocks.

So these networks act as a safety net, wrote the author.

They allow for exchange of information on resources and animal migration, the forming of partnerships, and temporary access to other territories in the event of a crisis.

So today, we exchange information not on resources and animal migration patterns, but on technologies, on political and technological frameworks that will allow us to adjust to shocks that we may have encountered or may expect to see.

And it is the connections that E2Tech facilitates through our programming and networking events that help that to happen.

It may be that our health, happiness, and ultimate survival depend on those kinds of connections.

So share your knowledge, share your information, make connections.

Thank you for being here.

I'd like to turn it over to Orion.