The complex set of human‐driven global, social, technological, and environmental changes intensifying dramatically since 1950 has been identified as the “Great Acceleration.” This period of time represents a radical shift in our collective relationship to each other as well as to the Earth system as a whole. In this article I consider two major paradigms now taking shape to offer different perspectives on the Great Acceleration: The Anthropocene and the Noosphere. I explore the scientific‐intellectual traditions from which each paradigm derives and contrast their nearly opposite normative evaluations of global transformation. The Anthropocene has emerged as the paradigm of rupture, materiality, and warning; the Noosphere as the paradigm of development, mind/culture, and hope. I also highlight preliminary attempts at bringing the two divergent paradigms closer together into a more unified and balanced vision of planetary change.

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从人类世到流层：巨大的加速

自1950年以来，由人为驱动的全球，社会，技术和环境的复杂变化急剧加剧，被认为是“大加速”。这一段时间代表着我们彼此之间以及整个地球系统之间集体关系的根本转变。在本文中，我认为目前正在形成的两个主要范式可以为大加速运动提供不同的观点：人类世和Noosphere。我探索了每个范式衍生自的科学知识传统，并对比了它们对全球转型的几乎相反的规范评价。人类世已成为破裂，实质和警告的典范。Noosphere是发展，思维/文化和希望的典范。