Since the days of the transcendentalists, most environmental philosophers have assumed a dividing line between human-made technology and nature. In the context of our current technological world and the contemporary environmental movement, this way of thinking is perhaps more pervasive than ever. But from a cybernetic perspective, nature and technology together represent an inextricably connected network of signals and feedback, continuously developing as an organic whole. Drawing from cultural histories of the interconnectedness of life and of the cyborg concept, I propose CyberGaia as a metaphor to describe our biosphere in a fashion which acknowledges human technology as an integral part of nature. In this framework, humanity and technology represent an inseparable constituent of a larger interconnected system. Though CyberGaia does not distinguish nature and technology at a fundamental level, it recognizes that the technological world influences nature’s development by acting on the network within which it is embedded. By emphasizing the sublime beauty of nature’s interconnectedness, CyberGaia also preserves the spiritual-emotional connection to Earth which has heavily contributed to driving the environmental movement. CyberGaia merges physics and inspiration, encouraging us to create sustainable closed-loop technological systems that enable a flourishing biosphere. I argue that seeing the world as an interconnected cybernetic network may help us to better understand the biosphere in its totality while motivating us to take actions which help protect and preserve CyberGaia’s diverse menagerie of human and nonhuman life.

自超验主义者时代以来，大多数环境哲学家都假定人造技术与自然之间有一条分界线。在当今的技术世界和当代环境运动的背景下，这种思维方式也许比以往任何时候都更加普遍。但从控制论的角度来看，自然和技术共同代表了一个密不可分的信号和反馈网络，作为一个有机整体不断发展。借鉴生命相互联系和赛博格概念的文化历史，我提出用 Cyber​​Gaia 作为隐喻来描述我们的生物圈，承认人类技术是自然的一个组成部分。在这个框架中，人类和技术代表了一个更大的互联系统不可分割的组成部分。尽管 Cyber​​Gaia 并未从根本上区分自然和技术，但它认识到技术世界通过作用于其所嵌入的网络来影响自然的发展。通过强调自然相互联系的崇高之美，Cyber​​Gaia 还保留了与地球的精神情感联系，这为推动环保运动做出了巨大贡献。Cyber​​Gaia 将物理学和灵感融为一体，鼓励我们创建可持续的闭环技术系统，以实现生物圈的繁荣。我认为，将世界视为一个相互关联的控制论网络可能有助于我们更好地了解整个生物圈，同时激励我们采取行动，帮助保护和保存 Cyber​​Gaia 的人类和非人类生命的多样化动物园。