I like this article better, which argues that we are potentially entering a new eon, rather than just a new epoch https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/12/18/

I like this article better, which argues that we are potentially entering a new eon, rather than just a new epoch https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/12/18/506036420/a-planet-with-brains-the-peril-and-potential-of-self-aware-geological-change https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/12/18/506036420/a-pla... This quote was pretty good: “Never before has a geological force become aware of its own influence.”