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| − | + | |title=Ascent of Humanity | |
| + | |subtitle=The Evolution of the Human Sense of Self | ||
| + | |image=ascent of humanity cover.jpg | ||
| + | |author=Charles Eisenstein | ||
| + | |published= | ||
| + | |read=Read by [[Lyn Gerry]] from episodes [[461]] - [[485]] and by [[Robin Upton]] for episode [[674]] | ||
| + | |wholetext=http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/ | ||
| + | |seealso=* [http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/archive/audiobooks/Ascent%20of%20Humanity/Ascent%20Of%20Humanity%20(Audiobook).zip The entire audiobook] (806MB ZIP file) | ||
| + | * [http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/archive.php?url=audiobooks/Ascent%20of%20Humanity/ Browse the audiobook by chapter or subsection] | ||
| + | |description=This is a large book which tackles today's social and environmental troubles on a fundamental level. It addresses the evolution of life as a process of incremental separation from ones environment. Eisenstein traces the modern alienation a looong way back (before protozoa!) and takes a detailed look at what is happening around the world, putting forward an animist view of spirituality that emphasises the fundamental connectedness of all life. | ||
| − | + | Eisenstein uses a Biblical parallel, likening the human effort to conquer nature to the building of the Tower of Babel. The psychology of previous investment makes it increasingly hard to give up the effort to reach heaven, even as it becomes ever more painful to continue the effort. He looks forward to what he refers to as "the age of {{cat|reunion}}", in which {{cat|technology}} and human ingenuity is turned to the task of nurturing life and celebrating its difference, spontaneity and chaos, rather than attempting to separate and dissociate ideas and events and thus to bring them under human control. | |
| − | + | |contents=0. [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/introduction.php Introduction] | |
| − | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-0.php The Triumph of Technology] | |
| − | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-1.php Gee Whiz—The Future!] [[461]] | |
| − | [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/introduction.php Introduction] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-2.php Utopia Postponed] [[462]] |
| − | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-3.php The Addiction to Control] [[463]] | |
| − | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-0.php The Triumph of Technology | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-4.php From Separation to Boredom] [[463]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-1.php Gee Whiz—The Future!] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-5.php From Affluence to Anxiety] [[463]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-2.php Utopia Postponed] | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-0.php The Origins of Separation] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-3.php The Addiction to Control] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-1.php The Biological Origins of Self] [[463]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-4.php From Separation to Boredom] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-2.php Fire and Stone] [[463]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-5.php From Affluence to Anxiety] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-3.php Labeling the World] [[464]], [[673]] |
| − | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-0.php The Origins of Separation | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-4.php Mathematics and Measure] [[464]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-1.php The Biological Origins of Self] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-5.php Keeping Time] [[464]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-2.php Fire and Stone] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-6.php Images of Images] [[464]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-3.php Labeling the World] [[464]] | + | |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-4.php Mathematics and Measure] | + | |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-5.php Keeping Time] | + | |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-6.php Images of Images] | + | |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-7.php The Marvelous Piraha] [[465]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-7.php The Marvelous Piraha] [[465]] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-8.php Cultivation and Culture] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-8.php Cultivation and Culture] [[465]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-9.php The Machine] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-9.php The Machine] [[465]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-10.php Religion and Ritual] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-10.php Religion and Ritual] [[465]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-11.php The Playful Universe] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-11.php The Playful Universe] [[465]] |
| − | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-0.php The Way of the World | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-0.php The Way of the World] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-1.php The Scientific Method] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-1.php The Scientific Method] [[466]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-2.php My Personal Age of Reason] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-2.php My Personal Age of Reason] [[466]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-3.php Masters of the Universe] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-3.php Masters of the Universe] [[466]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-4.php The Quest for Certainty] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-4.php The Quest for Certainty] [[466]] |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-5.php Reducing Reality] [[467]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-5.php Reducing Reality] [[467]] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-6.php The Ghost in the Machine] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-6.php The Ghost in the Machine] [[467]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-7.php The Origin of Life] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-7.php The Origin of Life] [[467]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-8.php Alone in the Universe] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-8.php Alone in the Universe] [[467]] |
| − | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-0.php Money and Property | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-0.php Money and Property] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-1.php The Realm of Me and Mine] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-1.php The Realm of Me and Mine] [[468]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-2.php Alone in a Crowd] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-2.php Alone in a Crowd] [[468]] |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-3.php The Anonymous Power] [[469]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-3.php The Anonymous Power] [[469]] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-4.php Social Capital] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-4.php Social Capital] [[469]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-5.php Cultural Capital] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-5.php Cultural Capital] [[469]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-6.php Natural Capital] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-6.php Natural Capital] [[469]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-7.php Spiritual Capital] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-7.php Spiritual Capital] [[469]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-8.php Time, Money, and The Good] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-8.php Time, Money, and The Good] [[469]] |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-9.php The Economics of Other] [[470]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-9.php The Economics of Other] [[470]] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-10.php Interest and Self-Interest] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-10.php Interest and Self-Interest] [[470]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-11.php The Crisis of Capital] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-11.php The Crisis of Capital] [[470]] |
# [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-0.php The World under Control] | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-0.php The World under Control] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-1.php The Total Depravity of Man] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-1.php The Total Depravity of Man] [[470]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-2.php The Winners and the Losers] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-2.php The Winners and the Losers] [[470]] |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-3.php Life and Death] [[471]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-3.php Life and Death] [[471]] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-4.php Yes and No] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-4.php Yes and No] [[471]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-5.php The Pressure to Break Free] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-5.php The Pressure to Break Free] [[471]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-6.php Molding Minds] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-6.php Molding Minds] [[471]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-7.php The Great Indoors] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-7.php The Great Indoors] [[471]] |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-8.php Life under Contract] [[472]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-8.php Life under Contract] [[472]] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-9.php The War on Germs] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-9.php The War on Germs] [[472]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-10.php The War on Suffering] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-10.php The War on Suffering] [[472]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-11.php Life in a Playpen] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-11.php Life in a Playpen] [[472]] |
| − | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-0.php The Crumbling of Certainty | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-0.php The Crumbling of Certainty] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-1.php The End of Objectivity] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-1.php The End of Objectivity] [[473]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-2.php Truth without Certainty] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-2.php Truth without Certainty] [[473]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-3.php Order without Design] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-3.php Order without Design] [[473]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-4.php The Nature of Purpose] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-4.php The Nature of Purpose] [[473]] |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-5.php The Purpose of Nature] [[474]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-5.php The Purpose of Nature] [[474]] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-6.php Life without a Replicator] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-6.php Life without a Replicator] [[474]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-7.php The Community of Life] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-7.php The Community of Life] [[474]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-8.php The Genetic Plenum] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-8.php The Genetic Plenum] [[474]] |
| − | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-0.php The Age of Reunion | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-0.php The Age of Reunion] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-1.php The Convergence of Crises] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-1.php The Convergence of Crises] [[475]] |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-2.php The Currency of Cooperation] [[476]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-2.php The Currency of Cooperation] [[476]] | ||
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-3.php The Restorative Economy] [[477]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-3.php The Restorative Economy] [[477]] | ||
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-4.php The Age of Water] [[478]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-4.php The Age of Water] [[478]] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-5.php Technologies of Reunion] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-5.php Technologies of Reunion] [[478]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-6.php Work and Art United] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-6.php Work and Art United] [[478]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-7.php Back to Play] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-7.php Back to Play] [[478]] |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-8.php The Medicine of Interbeingness] [[479]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-8.php The Medicine of Interbeingness] [[479]] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-9.php The Spirit of the Gift] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-9.php The Spirit of the Gift] [[479]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-10.php Storyteller Consciousness] [[ | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-10.php Storyteller Consciousness] [[480]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-11.php In Love with the World] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-11.php In Love with the World] [[481]] |
| − | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-0.php Self and Cosmos | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-0.php Self and Cosmos] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-1.php Human Nature Restored] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-1.php Human Nature Restored] [[674]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-2.php The Fall] [[ | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-2.php The Fall] [[482]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-3.php The Perinatal Matrix] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-3.php The Perinatal Matrix] [[482]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-4.php The Gaian Birthing] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-4.php The Gaian Birthing] [[483]] |
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-5.php Eulogy and Redemption] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-5.php Eulogy and Redemption] [[483]] |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-6.php At Play Beside The Tower] [[485]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-6.php At Play Beside The Tower] [[485]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:22, 15 November 2013
Ascent of Humanity
The Evolution of the Human Sense of Self, by Charles Eisenstein
Read by Lyn Gerry from episodes 461 - 485 and by Robin Upton for episode 674 List of Episodes
* Whole text online
* The entire audiobook (806MB ZIP file)
This is a large book which tackles today's social and environmental troubles on a fundamental level. It addresses the evolution of life as a process of incremental separation from ones environment. Eisenstein traces the modern alienation a looong way back (before protozoa!) and takes a detailed look at what is happening around the world, putting forward an animist view of spirituality that emphasises the fundamental connectedness of all life.
Eisenstein uses a Biblical parallel, likening the human effort to conquer nature to the building of the Tower of Babel. The psychology of previous investment makes it increasingly hard to give up the effort to reach heaven, even as it becomes ever more painful to continue the effort. He looks forward to what he refers to as "the age of reunion", in which technology and human ingenuity is turned to the task of nurturing life and celebrating its difference, spontaneity and chaos, rather than attempting to separate and dissociate ideas and events and thus to bring them under human control.
| 0. Introduction |