Thursday, October 30, 2014

human societal evolution

My mother and I watched a video today by a evolution biologist named  Elisabet Sahtouris about the evolution of living things (ranging from cells to cities) and I thought it was very interesting (the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrfPRju8hxg) . I am especially interested in human societal evolution.

It all starts with unity where everything is the same then, individuation where some things become different then, tension/conflict where things start to not work so well together anymore, next comes negotiation where things are starting to be figured out then, resolution where most of the problems are resolved then comes, cooperation where everything is going well again last is, unity. It is like a simple story line. I think that as a society, right now we are in between negotiation and resolution.

http://www.ratical.org/LifeWeb/Articles/images/LSinetHF16.jpg
a diagram by Elisabet Sahtouris