Natural Intelligence
Description
(Translated from the Dutch by DeepSeek), from Leen Gorissen:
""Natural intelligence, to me, represents the intelligence of life itself. It is the art and science of leaving the Earth healthier, richer, more vibrant, and more viable than before—without pollution, depletion, or degradation.
If you look at 3.8 billion years of evolution, you see a pattern as old as life itself: the species that still exist today, despite millions of years of change and disruption, are those that leave the Earth better than they found it. Whales cool the planet, mushrooms create rain, termites green the desert. The species that endure the longest are not the strongest or the smartest, but those that contribute to the greater whole: world-builders, not plunderers.
This shows that the intelligence of life is not focused merely on survival, sustainability, or efficiency, but on regeneration: strengthening the vitality of the whole. Life flourishes by investing in the conditions that make new life possible. This gives us a completely new perspective on innovation, because today we are doing precisely the opposite.
Natural intelligence is therefore about the science and logic of living systems: how they become more, can do more, and achieve more over time. For living systems create the opposite of entropy: they generate more order, more integration, and more capability."