The Gaia Hypothesis is an ecological theory that proposes living and nonliving parts of the earth are a complex interactive system that can be thought of as a self-regulating, living organism.

The Eros Hypothesis is an economic theory that proposes living and nonliving parts of the earth can be sustained by a less complex interactive financial system best  thought of as sexy and devoted exchanges in the service of self-regulating, living organisms and livelihoods.