Every new stage of consciousness / culture is experienced as rising from a slumber into actual reality: the “awakenings” of traditional religions, the modern “enlightenment”, postmodern “woke”.

Every stage of cultural development is deemed degenerate by the stage it is evolving out of.

I loved it too! Great conversation, Carter and Steve. https://t.co/04GYVutAiX Location: Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco Quoted tweet from @carter_phipps: Loved this conversation with Steve McIntosh about evolution, free will, and human nature @InstCulturalEvo @stephlepp carterphipps.com/2023/01/23/ste… https://t.co/r9dvjjdE8U

Such a good thread. I like this guy. https://t.co/65TbZ8rU9d Location: Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco Quoted tweet from @RichDecibels: culture war shows up in local community groups as a strategy game. there are two end states: Fundamentalism (the group can only tolerate one perspective) and Pluralism (the group won’t tolerate fundamentalists). it’s not so hard to win

Our brains evolved in a world of magnitudes more suffering and grief. Failing to see that multiplies the suffering and grief. https://t.co/UmzaM6KtJ9 Location: Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco Quoted tweet from @drandrewb: Medically speaking, I’m just not so sure our brains were made to stream this much grief and tragedy day in, day out, while not being

Okay, now do the 1800’s … https://t.co/dKAYAiPYEP Location: Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco Quoted tweet from @JacobCanfield: We’re only two years into the 2020’s and we’ve gone through the… 1910’s Pandemic 1920’s Stock Market Rally 1930’s Economic Recession 1940’s European War 1960’s Civil Rights Protests 1970’s Inflation 1980’s Cold War Tensions 2000’s Tech Stock Crash ‘Why are

@AbdullahMuse99 Good point, should have said Traditional is “Denial / Closet”

Yes, humanity has been neck-deep in bullshit since day one. Maybe waist-deep today. Progress! https://t.co/jLmygEbh7S Quoted tweet from @Alf_N_Whitehead: “The history of thought shows that false interpretations of observed facts enter into the records of their observation. Thus both theory, and received notions as to fact, are in doubt” PR 9

Gay men by developmental stage: Warrior: Be the top Traditional: Closet Modern: Don’t ask / don’t tell Postmodern: Fabulousness! Integral: Live your life

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