The Planetary Boundaries framework, extended from the original article in Nature [2] in 2009 is a good way to look at multiple of the Anthropocene symptoms.
In the modern era (and for Western cultures) there was a cognitive revolution that started around the time of Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot moment.
The Planetary Boundaries concept is in a sense the evolution of that initial internalization, the beginning of a more analytical approach towards long-term sustainability (a first UML diagram of our predicament if you wish).
[1] https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/planetary-bound...
[2] https://www.nature.com/articles/461472a