What I find hilarious about Spiral Dynamics is that the proponents of the theory never really engaged with their own content, if they had they would have recognised the flaws and addressed them. In principle the work of Graves and Beck should be a sound evaluation of human development throughout society, but like many pioneers they were blinded by their own personal belief systems and failed to apply their system to the wider biological world. Revised Spiral Dynamics according to Biscuits_Box. Level 1 - Personal selfishness: This is the fulfillment of our basic Maslow needs; Food, water, shelter, etc. "This is mine" Level 2 - Familial selfishness: The fulfillment of our secondary needs; compassion, recognition, safety. "This is ours" Level 3 - Tribal selfishness: The fulfillment of specific group societal expectations. "You are welcome if..." Level 4 - Belief selfishness: Our first humanistic trait and shame based; Primarily gatekeeping due to bias; relig...
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