hyperobject

A thing that is so global that its effects can generally only be felt in parts, spread across time and space.

Noun

  1. A thing that is so global that its effects can generally only be felt in parts, spread across time and space.
    • We can see, for instance, that global warming has the properties of a hyperobject. - 2015, Timothy Morton, Introducing the idea of 'hyperobjects':
    • Every civilization that grows at the speed of reason must at some point face hyperobjects. - 2021, Michael Stevens, Vsauce: The Future Of Reasoning:

Forms

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