Global Population Patterns From 1600 B.C. To The Present
(From: T. Sakaiya)
Evolution of Universities as Part of Societal
Transformation and Knowledge Transformation
Agrarian Age
Medievalism
University of Faith
Copernicus
Descartes
Industrial Age
Enlightenment
Modernism
Knowledge Age
Post-Modernism
University of Reason
Kant
Darwin
Transmodernism
( Post-Post-Modernism )
University of Communication
Integrative University
Peirce
Maxwell, Bohm, Wheatley
Wilbur
Mystical, Logical
Hierarchical, Rational
Holistic, Organic
Religion
Science
World Philosophy
13th Century
18th Century
21st Century
Percent of World Population by Perceptual Stage
100%
75%
50%
25%
0%
10,000 B.C.
1800
1960
1990
2050
Levels of Development
Percents of
Adults Power
Slowly emerging
Integral-Holonic
0%
0%
0.1%
1%
1%
5%
Human Bond
10%
15%
Analyze &
strategise to prosper
Strive Drive
30%
50%
Find purpose,
bring order, insure future
Truth Force
40%
30%
Express impulsively,
break free, be strong
Power Gods
20%
5%
Kin Spirits
10%
1%
Survival
Sense
0.1%
0%
Synergize &
macromanage
Whole View
Integrate &
align systems
Flex Flow
Explore inner self,
equalize others
Seek harmony & safety
in a mysterious world
Sharpen instincts &
innate senses
0
Implications for Undergraduate Education
Divergence
Explosions of
Knowledge
Commonality
Fragmentation
Consilience
Integration
(Consilience)
Divergence
Commonality
Implosions of
Knowledge