Jonathan Cobb

Color-coded confusion

One little pet peeve I have with the Integral community is the misuse of spiral dynamics stages based on the color scheme.  The problem is that certain colors already have a cultural significance for us, and I've seen several people, including even Ken himself, confuse the cultural... Read More

Integral Obfuscation

Michael Zimmerman is just playing into the conspiracy theories.  He acts like climate change is being put forward because of the monetary interests behind it.  Really?  You think those who would benefit from cap-and-trade are going to have more money to spend on... Read More

I can't do it

Transcend and include.  Transcend and include.  Everyone's partly right.  Embrace your shadow.  Look at it from the other's perspective.... That's what Integral's all about it.  But I can't do it.  Further compounding that fact, my Lord and Savior demands... Read More

Fundamentalism: A critique of the standard SD view

I think most of us can agree that religious fundamentalism is one of the biggest problems in the world today.  In spiral dynamics, we tend to group it all under a single stage, which we refer to as either Blue or Amber(depending on whether you're using... Read More

Integral people, or Integral tendencies?

One common tendency in the Integral world is to describe people as being at Orange, Green, Teal, Turquoise, etc.  However, as Chris Cowan points out, Clare Graves never intended for his model to be used in such a simplistic, typological manner.  The spiral is not about... Read More

A New Economy

After debating the Venus Project, the gold standard, and other economic ideas I consider misguided, I figured I'd put some of my own thoughts on the table for some of the innovative economic ideas that I've studied, and believe would be helpful in reshaping our world in a more... Read More

Integral Islam?

Just an observation:  I've seen Ken and other Integral Institute faculty interview Christians, Jews, Buddhists, and Hindus about applying Integral to their religion, but no Muslims.  This strikes me as rather odd.  Are there no Muslims interested in Integral?  Surely... Read More

Religion - One or Many?

 It is often said that all religions are one, or that they are separate paths leading up the same mountain.  Recently, this notion has been challenged by a scholar named Stephen Prothero, in his book God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World .  He argues... Read More