Steve McIntosh
@culturedevelops.bsky.social
I focus on developmental philosophy and the evolution of consciousness and culture. This includes posts about philosophy, spirituality, and politics. Learn more about developmental philosophy at:
https://developmentalist.org/
https://developmentalist.org/
We’re pleased to share an opportunity from our colleagues at the Center for Process Studies. Back for its second run, Andrew M. Davis, Ph.D., is offering Whitehead’s Universe—a live, five‑week introduction to Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
Learn more: whiteheadsuniverse.com
Learn more: whiteheadsuniverse.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We’re pleased to share an opportunity from our colleagues at the Center for Process Studies. Back for its second run, Andrew M. Davis, Ph.D., is offering Whitehead’s Universe—a live, five‑week introduction to Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
Learn more: whiteheadsuniverse.com
Learn more: whiteheadsuniverse.com
Please join us for a presentation and discussion by Jeff Carreira: Paradigm Shifting as Spiritual Practice.
When: Wednesday, November 12, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Mountain
Time
Join Steve McIntosh’s Monthly Zoom group for details: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
When: Wednesday, November 12, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Mountain
Time
Join Steve McIntosh’s Monthly Zoom group for details: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Please join us for a presentation and discussion by Jeff Carreira: Paradigm Shifting as Spiritual Practice.
When: Wednesday, November 12, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Mountain
Time
Join Steve McIntosh’s Monthly Zoom group for details: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
When: Wednesday, November 12, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Mountain
Time
Join Steve McIntosh’s Monthly Zoom group for details: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
This is the first in a series of constructive critiques of integral philosophy that examines the blind spots of developmental psychology. Watch my full presentation and Q&A here: t.co/Jc11vN0T4g
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is the first in a series of constructive critiques of integral philosophy that examines the blind spots of developmental psychology. Watch my full presentation and Q&A here: t.co/Jc11vN0T4g
Check out my academic article, Cultivating Noosphere Evolution in the Spirit of Teilhard and Whitehead. The article, originally published in the anthology: Whitehead and Teilhard: From Organism to Omega, is now available to read on The Developmentalist website.
developmentalist.org/article/cult...
developmentalist.org/article/cult...
September 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Check out my academic article, Cultivating Noosphere Evolution in the Spirit of Teilhard and Whitehead. The article, originally published in the anthology: Whitehead and Teilhard: From Organism to Omega, is now available to read on The Developmentalist website.
developmentalist.org/article/cult...
developmentalist.org/article/cult...
When creativity becomes our shared sacred, consumption yields to stewardship.
September 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
When creativity becomes our shared sacred, consumption yields to stewardship.
Join me on August 13 for a conversation with John Street, ICE Board member, serial entrepreneur, and one of my closest friends and long-time supporters. John and I will discuss his business journey, his leadership of the Colorado Symphony, and his innovative management philosophy.
August 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Join me on August 13 for a conversation with John Street, ICE Board member, serial entrepreneur, and one of my closest friends and long-time supporters. John and I will discuss his business journey, his leadership of the Colorado Symphony, and his innovative management philosophy.
The teleology of the universe is directed toward beauty.
August 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The teleology of the universe is directed toward beauty.
There is no development that lacks a structure.
August 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There is no development that lacks a structure.
According to David Bentley Hart, the impossibility of AGI does not eliminate the threats.
May 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
According to David Bentley Hart, the impossibility of AGI does not eliminate the threats.
When cognition is bound by finite programming, no matter how large the dataset of that programming, it will always lack the degrees of freedom necessary for authentic imagination.
May 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
When cognition is bound by finite programming, no matter how large the dataset of that programming, it will always lack the degrees of freedom necessary for authentic imagination.
Join us for a Zoom talk by Annick de Witt, PhD—author, social scientist & co-creator of the Worldview Questionnaire. For joining instructions signup to my Zoom group: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
May 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Join us for a Zoom talk by Annick de Witt, PhD—author, social scientist & co-creator of the Worldview Questionnaire. For joining instructions signup to my Zoom group: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
As long as AI lacks the ability to have direct experience, it cannot become conscious in any meaningful sense.
May 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
As long as AI lacks the ability to have direct experience, it cannot become conscious in any meaningful sense.
For more, read my article "The Spiritual Significance of the Rise of AI": developmentalist.org/article/the-...
May 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
For more, read my article "The Spiritual Significance of the Rise of AI": developmentalist.org/article/the-...
Although the advent of AI will certainly transform our society, in order to facilitate its gifts while constraining its threats, we have to accurately understand what it is and what it is not.
May 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Although the advent of AI will certainly transform our society, in order to facilitate its gifts while constraining its threats, we have to accurately understand what it is and what it is not.
Join us for a talk by process philosopher Andrew Davis, PhD, on philosophy’s role in existential risk, the meaning crisis, and philosophical practice. Can process thought guide civilization’s future? April 9, 5-6:30 PM MT. More info & Zoom link: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
April 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Join us for a talk by process philosopher Andrew Davis, PhD, on philosophy’s role in existential risk, the meaning crisis, and philosophical practice. Can process thought guide civilization’s future? April 9, 5-6:30 PM MT. More info & Zoom link: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
"Nature is visible spirit, and spirit is invisible nature." —Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
March 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"Nature is visible spirit, and spirit is invisible nature." —Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
The Taijitu of Lai Zhide, “Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate,” shows how two opposing poles can enact a third central element through their integration. This symbol thus depicts a unified trinity of three interactive elements.
March 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Taijitu of Lai Zhide, “Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate,” shows how two opposing poles can enact a third central element through their integration. This symbol thus depicts a unified trinity of three interactive elements.
Phi (1.618…) is mathematically the *most* irrational of all irrational numbers. Yet the unity pattern it creates—the *golden ratio* in which the small part is to the large part as the large part is to the whole—expresses a maximally self-similar, fractal relationship.
March 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Phi (1.618…) is mathematically the *most* irrational of all irrational numbers. Yet the unity pattern it creates—the *golden ratio* in which the small part is to the large part as the large part is to the whole—expresses a maximally self-similar, fractal relationship.
You
Are
Not
Alone
Are
Not
Alone
February 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
You
Are
Not
Alone
Are
Not
Alone
What is Your Worldview? I created this 7-minute test that helps you find out which “values frame” describes you best, as well as the worldview to which you are most opposed.
https://buff.ly/4awFJe8
https://buff.ly/4awFJe8
February 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
What is Your Worldview? I created this 7-minute test that helps you find out which “values frame” describes you best, as well as the worldview to which you are most opposed.
https://buff.ly/4awFJe8
https://buff.ly/4awFJe8
You
Are
Not
Alone
Are
Not
Alone
February 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
You
Are
Not
Alone
Are
Not
Alone
Please join us for a presentation and discussion in my Zoom group.
When: Wednesday, February 12, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Mountain Time
Join here to receive the Zoom link: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
When: Wednesday, February 12, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Mountain Time
Join here to receive the Zoom link: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
February 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Please join us for a presentation and discussion in my Zoom group.
When: Wednesday, February 12, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Mountain Time
Join here to receive the Zoom link: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
When: Wednesday, February 12, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Mountain Time
Join here to receive the Zoom link: developmentalist.org/join-steve-m...
"Nature is visible spirit, and spirit is invisible nature." —Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
December 5, 2024 at 6:02 PM
"Nature is visible spirit, and spirit is invisible nature." —Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Join us for a discussion on politics led by Jeff Salzman, exploring politics and culture through integral philosophy, covering topics like wokeness, Trumpism, and the influence of figures like Elon Musk. Join here: https://developmentalist.org/join-steve-mcintoshs-monthly-zoom-group/
December 4, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Join us for a discussion on politics led by Jeff Salzman, exploring politics and culture through integral philosophy, covering topics like wokeness, Trumpism, and the influence of figures like Elon Musk. Join here: https://developmentalist.org/join-steve-mcintoshs-monthly-zoom-group/
Based on the pattern of the spiral, we can predict that the next values-based worldview that emerges after the integral (post-progressive) worldview will be a communally oriented character that contrasts with the more individualistically oriented nature of the integral stage. #devphil
December 1, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Based on the pattern of the spiral, we can predict that the next values-based worldview that emerges after the integral (post-progressive) worldview will be a communally oriented character that contrasts with the more individualistically oriented nature of the integral stage. #devphil