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Last year I was invited to write a thousand word “commentary” on David Sloan Wilson’s recently published book Does Altruism Exist?. This commentary was solicited for Sloan Wilson’s [...]

In this new paper, originally published on the Institute for Cultural Evolution’s website, I argue that contemporary centrist political perspectives lack persuasive power. Centrism consistently [...]

Jeff Salzman and I are working on our upcoming Boulder seminar, now called the “Integral Incubator.” Our second annual seminar on the integral (a.k.a. “evolutionary,” or “post-postmodern”) [...]

On April 24th, the nationally syndicated National Public Radio program “To the Best of Our Knowledge” aired an hour-length feature on the problem of hyper-partisan political polarization. The [...]

Dear Friends of Integral Consciousness, This is to announce our second annual Boulder seminar on the integral (a.k.a. “evolutionary,” or “post-postmodern”) worldview. For three and half [...]

In this 50 minute conversation, Jeff and I talk about my new paper, published on The Institute for Cultural Evolution website, titled Overcoming Polarization by Evolving Both Right and Left: How [...]

My new paper on the problem of hyper-partisan polarization was originally written in January 2016. But since then the Republican party has entered the throes of a historically significant [...]

Hyper-partisan polarization is crippling our democracy, preventing meaningful action on a wide range of urgent issues. And now polarization even threatens the functionality of the Supreme Court. [...]

Over at the Institute for Cultural Evolution we’re pleased to announce a new feature of our website: a Worldview Questionnaire featuring 17 questions designed to help you learn more about your [...]

Last Sunday I had a wonderful conversation with my close friend and integral colleague Terry Patten. Terry’s podcast, Beyond Awakening: the Future of Spiritual Practice, is an important addition [...]