Integral Thinking

I truly believe that common sense is not common for most of us. You’ll often get the impression from my blogs that I see most people as zombies..that is because I really do. A lot of us have become reactive to ideas, opinions or emotions without filtering the such first. I was like this before as well and it is not good. Rarely that I find people that thinks first how a certain topic originated first before making a response.

I’ll try to put each of these significant events that I have encountered in groups in order to map where in our human capacity we acquire a certain trait or physical attribute - forcing our adaptation in the process. Post-modern category is a little bit tricky because we still don’t know much of how most of these concepts will affect our evolution in the future.

Primal:

• Evolution & Genetics
• Dominance Hiearrchy
• Communication
• Violence
• Us vs. Them
• Sexual Reproduction
• Foraging
• Use of primitive tools - rocks, sticks

Post-primal (3.6 million years ago):

• Walking with two feet, standing straight
• Running/ Bi-pedalism
• Scavenging
• Hunting
• Early communication through sounds and gestures
• Use of basic tools - sharp rocks, clubs

Tribal:

• Language
• Discovery of fire
• Cooking
• Organized hunting and foraging
• Curiosity
• Symbolism
• Cave Painting
• Wood crafting - spears, bow and arrow
• Trade / Barter
• Early Religion and Supernatural beliefs

Modern (12 thousand years ago..):

• Agriculture
• End of Natural Selection
• Philosophy
• Modern Religious beliefs
• Money
• War
• Tax
• Colonialization
• Science
• Mathematics
• Rise of States
• Printing Press
• Marxism
• Capitalism
• Racism
• Genocide
• Classic Liberalism
• Immunization
• Industrialization and Fossil Fuels
• Physics and Astronomy
• Motion-picture
• Pareto Principle
• Bombing of Hiroshima

Post-Modern (After WW2):

• Nuclear Energy
• Golden Rice
• Transistors
• Birth Control
• Extremism
• Internet
• Terrorism
• Social Media
• Radical Left and Radical Right
• Victim vs. Oppressor
• Post-Truth
• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
• Space Race
• Climate change
• Renewable Energy
• Minimalism
• Fermi Paradox

Whatever we do, use or say in this world… has a history so intricate that everyone I believe should atleast educate themselves in order to navigate our daily struggles. I’ll keep updating this blog as I think there is much to add in this list.