by Mark Allan Kaplan, Ph.D. We are in a profound moment for our species. The evolutionary challenge many of us have been talking about has now kicked into high gear and we are entering what anthropologists and systems theorists call the liminal phase. This moment is the chrysalis phase, the stage where the caterpillar turns to liquid inside the cocoon but the butterfly has yet to begin to emerge. This is a moment of pure possibility…and also extreme danger. All our systems are in flux across all domains of existence – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, relational, cultural, social… We […]
Vertical Development
Transformative Media and the new world we hope to create
by Mark Allan Kaplan I believe, like many of us here at Campus Co-Evolve, that in any future world we seek to create we need to rethink our educational system from the ground up in terms of a developmental and evolutionary perspective, as opposed to a job training and enculturation perspective. This new system should be life-long and not limited to the so-called formative years, since we have solid evidence that development does not stop there…unless a culture puts a ceiling on it. Any new educational system also needs to be more decentralized and not limited to our traditional constructs of […]
“Stages of development:” foe or friend?
“Stages of development:” foe or friend? Listening to people “frustrated with developmental stages,” I’ve just realized: Only when the energy of the Green wave carries itself to its peak, only then will start the Teal wave emerging and growing the next stage of human consciousness into a society-shaping force. Early- and middle-Green are threatened by the perceived hierarchical tendency in “stages of development.” Early-stage Teal can be trapped in fighting back and calling them the “mean Green meme.” Surfing all waves, maturing Teal will embrace and support Green and work on creating the conditions for its trajectory to complete […]