tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621529782651296685.post256871272672853619..comments2020-08-01T22:28:50.016-06:00Comments on Proactive Progressive Populism: Distributed everythingEdward Bergehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13864657929019204993noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621529782651296685.post-72279167460028074572012-11-29T17:12:45.610-07:002012-11-29T17:12:45.610-07:00Rifkin also addresses the type of consciousness th...Rifkin also addresses the type of consciousness that accompanies the various techno-energy regimes. Forager-hunter societies were oral and mythological. Hydraulic agricultural and writing were theological. Print and coal-steam tech was ideological. Fossil fuel and electronic were psychological. And with alternative energy and the internet we have biosphere consciousness.<br /><br />The last is based on empathy. But much like the Lingam uses moral development Rifkin notes that the empathic drive has a more inclusive embrace the farther along it goes. In forager-tribal culture it was extended to the tribe. In hydraulic-agricultural it extends to one's religious identification. In industrial culture it extends to one's national identity. Finally in the TIR phase it become a biological embrace of the entire planet (and beyond) and everything within it. It goes beyond empathizing with all mankind to all of the cosmos (235-36).Edward Bergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864657929019204993noreply@blogger.com