A Brief History of Everything: Revised Edition

the basic drive of evolution is to increase depth. This is the self-transcending drive of the Kosmos—

“cultural” refers to all of the interior meanings and values and identities that we share with those of similar communities, whether it is a tribal community or a national community or a world community. And “social” refers to all of the exterior, material, institutional forms of the community, from its techno-economic base to its architectural sty

Its own existence depends upon its capacity to fit into its environment,

new forms emerge, and that creativity is ultimate. Emptiness, creativity, holons.

As new cognitive capacities unfold and evolve, the Kosmos looks at itself with different eyes, and it sees quite different things.

horticultural is based on a hoe or simple digging stick. Agrarian is based on a heavy, animal-drawn plow.

of holons. What about the “vertical” capacities of holons,

we ourselves have direction. There is meaning in the movement,

communion. You call these the “horizontal” capacities