Thomas Friedman muses on what's currently going on with Occupy Wall Street:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/opinion/theres-something-happening-here.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212&pagewanted=all
In spiral dynamics or evolutionary terms, capitalism is a modernist system with both its advantages and disadvantages. So it seems likely that as more people develop to post-modern or post-post modern consciousness, there will be other forms of organizing principles which arise. The integral perspective would seem to be to have the awareness to choose which systems and practices serve in which situations, rather than doing away with everything that has come before; said otherwise, each of the memes or worldviews has and will continue to have something very valuable to contribute.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/opinion/theres-something-happening-here.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212&pagewanted=all
In spiral dynamics or evolutionary terms, capitalism is a modernist system with both its advantages and disadvantages. So it seems likely that as more people develop to post-modern or post-post modern consciousness, there will be other forms of organizing principles which arise. The integral perspective would seem to be to have the awareness to choose which systems and practices serve in which situations, rather than doing away with everything that has come before; said otherwise, each of the memes or worldviews has and will continue to have something very valuable to contribute.
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