Conscious evolution
Conscious evolution refers to humanity’s new ability to choose what the species Homo Sapiens becomes in the future. This new ability is based on recent advancements in science, medicine, technology, psychology, sociology, and spirituality. Conscious evolution places human beings at the crest of the ongoing evolution of the universe, providing a larger perspective of human potentials.
It has loose connections to integral theory, Spiral Dynamics, and noosphere thought. It is also sometimes connected to the theory of the global brain or collective consciousness.
Writers and thinkers on conscious evolution include Ervin Laszlo, Barbara Marx Hubbard, and Andrew Cohen.
Conscious evolution allows that mankind can choose advancement through co-operation and co-creation or self-destruction through separateness and competition.
Further reading
- Hubbard, Barbara Marx (1998). Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential. New World Library. ISBN 1577310160.
- Marx Hubbard, B. (2002). "Conscious evolution: The next stage of human development". Systems Research and Behavioral Science 20 (4): 359–370. doi:10.1002/sres.510.
- Swoboda, Alois P. (1921). Conscious Evolution.