Brian Swimme dives deep and explores the concept of the noosphere. Brian Thomas Swimme is Director of the Third Story at Human Energy, a nonprofit public benefit organization, and professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program. Swimme did his doctoral work in gravitational dynamics in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oregon. His published work includes the popular YouTube video series, "The Story of the Noosphere," written with Monica DeRaspe-Bolles, The Universe is a Green Dragon, The Universe Story written with Thomas Berry, The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos, and The Journey of the Universe written with Mary Evelyn Tucker. Swimme teamed with Tucker and David Kennard to produce "Journey of the Universe," an Emmy-winning film released in 2011. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx