The idea of a needed new human maturity—especially when filled out with Cultural Maturity’s more detailed observations—is unusual as much for the specifically developmental kind of concept it represents as for its particular conclusions. This difference is key to how … Read More
From Cultural Maturity—A Guidebook for the Future Given the great number of easily overwhelming complexities we face and the difficulties making sense of them can present, we could easily seem at an impasse—and one of potential “end of civilization” proportions. … Read More
Adapted from Cultural Maturity—A Guidebook for the Future Today we see technologies that are increasingly dynamic, complex, and richly networked. Are such new technologies producing today’s new ways of thinking or does the causality go the other way around. The … Read More
Adapted from Cultural Maturity: A Guidebook for the Future The specific way polar dynamics evolve invites sophisticated understanding of formative process more generally and also Cultural Maturity’s particular changes. Answering the question of why we think in polar terms … Read More
Adapted from Cultural Maturity: A Guidebook for the Future The notion of a needed new human maturity—especially when filled out with more theoretical distinctions—is unusual as much for the specifically developmental/evolutionary kind of idea it reflects as for its … Read More
Adapted from a manuscript draft of Creative Systems Theory: Like it or not, our world refuses to stand still. Between today’s ever accelerating rate of technological innovation, the increasingly transforming presence of globalization, and needed shifts in how we … Read More
With this year’a marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton it washard not to be caught up in the romance. Numerous commentators have expressed gratitude that we finally have something positive in the news. But it also provided a moment … Read More
Robert Wright’s 2009 book The Evolution of God is fascinating for what it contributes to our picture of religion’s history. Even more, it is fascinating for the kind of history it represents and the picture of the future it puts … Read More