Original sentence: In Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead, the GSG argues that historical transitions appear to be accelerating as each successive period lasts for a shorter amount of time than the previous one.In a historical perspective, the Planetary Phase of Civilization is viewed by its proponents as the third significant transition in civilization.Proponents argue that unlike prior transitions, the Planetary Phase marks a new geologic era, the Anthropocene, in which human activity fundamentally alters ecosystems and the climate.Proponents of the Planetary Phase of Civilization state that refers to a current historic transition from a world of capitalist states and consumerist societies to a world of increased global connectivity with new global institutions (like the United Nationsand the World Trade Organization), new information technologies, environmental change in the biosphere, economic globalization, and shifts in culture and consciousness.The concept of the planetary phase of civilization has become popular in the academic field of environmental science.Though history is complex and difficult to distinguish, they argue that changes from the Stone Age to Early civilization and then to the Modern Era are the first two macro-shifts in human society and culture
Edited sentence: In Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead, the GSG indicates that historical transitions appear to be accelerating as each successive period lasts for a shorter amount of time than the previous one.In a historical perspective, the Planetary Phase of Civilization is viewed as the third significant transition in civilization.The Planetary Phase of Civilization refers to the current historic transition from a world of capitalist states and their consumerist societies to a world of increased global connectivity with new global institutions (like the United Nationsand the World Trade Organization), new information technologies, environmental change in the biosphere, economic globalization, and shifts in culture and consciousness.The concept of the planetary phase of civilization has been generally accepted and widely used in the academic field of environmental science.Though history is complex and difficult to distinguish, the changes from the Stone Age to Early civilization and then to the Modern Era are typically accepted as macro-shifts in human society and culture.Unlike these prior transitions, the Planetary Phase marks a new geologic era, the Anthropocene, in which human activity fundamentally alters ecosystems and the climate