![]() Ideas spread and have done so for thousands of years since the inception of language. Memes circulate the internet but can just as easily spread in the physical world. And as you already know from browsing social media, no one is safe from memes! They latch to our psyches where they are then shared and spread like viruses. Memes are bits of information that communicate something of perceived value. Today, humans plug into the internet to become hosts for memes. ![]() So, let’s start with memes… MEMES, WORLDVIEWS & LIFE CONDITIONS If we’re going to survive the Age of Information, it will require a leap forward in human consciousness. It’s reached a boiling point where the world feels wobbly, our psyches unstable, and it’s difficult to even know what’s true, what’s a joke, what’s ironic or what’s certain. What happens in one realm spills into the other and we’re forced to contend with each other’s ideas, no matter how unpleasant we might find them. The line dividing our online and offline worlds grows increasingly blurred. The ostrich strategy of sticking one’s head into a hole in the ground (which is something ostriches don’t actually do, apparently) no longer holds the same success it once did. Thanks to social media, we now live in a world where it’s increasingly difficult to isolate from each other’s seemingly opposing worldviews. Allow me to paint you a picture with the colors of the Spiral … I *had* to get it…Īnyways, what came out of my studies of Spiral Dynamics is still processing and I am by no means an expert on this subject, but I’d like to share with you what I’ve learned so far- the model of Spiral Dynamics beginning with a relevant and thought-provoking scenario that now faces every one of us. I even went on to purchase the official Spiral Dynamics book, which I’m still working my way through (currently on page 150/350, I’m a slow reader)… ![]() I fell deeper into the Spiral over the following months, listening to every podcast and video I could find (additional resources will be at the end of the post). But the change had occurred-I had glimpsed what I perceived as something special!įrom there, I couldn’t help myself. Needless to say, this state faded and I soon fell back into my old ways. I was simply too excited to learn what I had just learned and proceeded to obnoxiously spread this new idea to those around me who would entertain it. The video that reeled me into Spiral Dynamics.įast-forward to after the video ended, and I’m sure this sounds crazy, but I felt a quantum leap in my cognitive state like I had ascended from out a valley to stand atop a mountain peak.įor what must have been three to five days, I walked around in a state of hyper-awareness with hardly a wink of sleep. The man speaking to me in the video was bald, wore a black shirt and soon lured me in with his charismatic persona. The video entitled The Grand Model of Psychological Evolution ran an hour and twenty-six minutes long and I just so happened to have that kind of time on my hands because sometimes it’s late, I can’t sleep and okay, you’re right, I have nothing better to do. I first came across Spiral Dynamics during a late-night YouTube binge, thanks to my friend Bradley.
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