Cultural Evolution

2012-2020: Where Mythologies Clash

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Industrial Revolution, Third Industrial Revolution, Cultural Evolution, Geopolitics, Sustainability, Community, Communications, Future, Civil Society, Civilization, Consciousness, Healthy Living News
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

The decade ahead will be a testing time as it marks the peak clash between two mythologies -- or rather, two defining eras.

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Beyond the Future: Are We Lacking in Vision?

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Creativity, Vision, Living, Future, Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Mind, Society, Spirit, Future of Society, Society Future, Healthy Living News
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

What we do for the next 20 years, from now to 2030, will begin to create the template for the future; and what happens between now and 2050 will be a crucial period for establishing these patterns of change and getting them in place to serve for the long run.

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Baby Briefcase: The Dilemma of the Working Mother

Toni Nagy | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Cultural Evolution, Working Mothers, Mothering, Stay-at-Home Moms, Womens Issues, Raising Children, Careers, Parenting, Modern Women, Parenting-Conflicts, Parents News
Toni Nagy

Being a woman has many advantages, ranging from the ability to experience multiple orgasms, having a greater variety of shoes to choose from, to the g...

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God Cares About What I Care About

Valerie Tarico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religious Evolution, Nontheist, Cultural Evolution, Post-Religious, Fred Phelps, Psychology of Belief, Affective Science, Narcissism, Psychology of Religion, God Hates Fags, Christian Fundamentalism, Christian Compassion, Psychology of Faith, Religion News
Valerie Tarico

At the heart of humanity is a sometimes sweet, sometimes not-so-sweet narcissism that makes it almost impossible for us to get outside ourselves. In a similar vein, we tend to assume that God shares our perspective and priorities.

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Could Culture Emerge Out of a God Who Evolves?

George Elerick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumerism, Evolution of Culture, Cultural Evolution, Collectivism, Individualism, Evolution of God, Culture, Religion, Religion News
George Elerick

If God evolves, then should we accept the responsibility that our culture might need to evolve as well? Maybe humanity has something to add to the conversation of our perpetual development.

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New Evidence That Fairness Is More From Nurture Than Nature

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kin Selection, Markets, Cultural Evolution, Fairness, Altruism, Evolutionary Psychology, Selfishness, Healthy Living News
Dan Agin

For the past several decades there's been a great commotion in the media about the biological roots of altruism and its counterpart selfishness. What saves us all is that reality comes to us not from media pundits.

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Caster Semenya: When Gender Is Not Sex

Elizabeth Debold | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Herculine Barbin, Sports, Sex Identity, Michel Foucault, Intersex, Hermaphrodite, Cultural Evolution, Kaate Bornstein, Feminine, Caster Semenya, Masculine, Culture, Gender, Healthy Living News
Elizabeth Debold

It seems pretty likely that Semenya is no longer going to be allowed to compete as a female in the sport that she loves and has trained so hard for.

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Perspectives on Integral Ecology: A Dialogue

Ross Robertson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sean Hargens, Integral Philosophy, Bright Green, Worldchanging, Consciousness, Michael Zimmerman, Cultural Evolution, Integral Ecology, Umass Amherst, Healthy Living News
Ross Robertson

Integral Ecology draws on the expertise of many disciplines and offers comprehensive, far-sighted, flexible solutions for the environment, which honor animals and people.

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Pomoboarding

Ross Robertson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Environment, Brooklyn Food Conference, Sustainability, Food, Cultural Evolution, Multiculturalism, Postmodernism, Green Living, Healthy Living News
Ross Robertson

The girl at the Food Conference had all the nervous paranoia of a serial murderer, but none of the rap sheet. She was on the run from the PC police.

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