INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 797 Amsterdam, September 18th, 2019 “THE MODERN THEORY OF EVOLUTION IS CATASTROPHICALLY INCOMPLETE!” - Ken Wilber's Emotive Dealings with Evolutionary Theory - FRANK VISSER In a recent Integral Life video Ken Wilber made some remarkable statements about evolutionary theory.[1] Even while the video (or at least the final minutes of it) dealt more with his (mis)understanding of thermodynamics and the famous Second Law, he also addressed the criticism he has received over the years from Integral World regarding his (mis)understanding of evolutionary theory. He considered it "one of the most boring criticisms I have received over the years". He tried to dismiss this criticism by pronouncing emotionally that "the modern theory of evolution is catastrophically incomplete!" To resolve that incompleteness, he proceeded, it needed to acknowledge the relevance of "something like self-organization" in the context of evolution, because "you can't explain it otherwise". He even mentioned "orthodox scientists", who had acknowledged this, "in the past, even five years ". There's a lot to unpack here, and we will try to do that in this essay. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser148.html INTEGRAL AND THE DYNAMICS OF BUBBLES - JOSEPH DILLARD A common meme in today's world is that we are trapped in grossly over-inflated financial bubbles that will eventually burst. When they do, this will send economies and probably global societies into recession if not outright depression. There is a great deal of hand-wringing about this predicament but no solutions show sign of gaining traction. This is probably an indication of not only deep psychological investment in the dynamic of blowing bubbles, but addiction to them. If that is the case, what might be some of those psychological factors be that cause humanity to blow economic bubbles that lead to civilizational collapse? Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/dillard28.html