I’m glad to see that Steve McIntosh is out on a tour promoting his book, Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution. It’s also cool to see him blogging. I especially like his interview with Carter Phipps on the Green Issue of WIE.
Last September, McIntosh blogged about taking Integral Politics to mainstream media. Here’s what he said:
"…my
PR firm feels that politics is the best angle to use to pitch the
integral worldview to the media. They thus asked me to write a press
release that explained integral politics in one page. Well, this is a
tall order, and I thought it best to avoid bringing up world federalism
at this point and rather focus on how the integral perspective can
raise consciousness and help people “move up” from wherever they are." [more]
I agree that "politics is the best angle to use to pitch integral
worldview to the media." On the other hand, I also think Integralists
are missing out on the media attention received by the science vs.
religion debates sparked by the New Atheists (as I’ve already lamented on my blog). I wonder how Steve’s rendition of integral politics would fair in the rigorous arena of public debates.
That said, I applaud McIntosh’s efforts for taking the integral
worldview to the mainstream. I long for an Integralist representative
on conferences like TED Talks and religion and science conferences like Beyond Belief. Will Steve McIntosh be the guy to do it? I’ll wait and see.
I wonder why Ken Wilber doesn’t have a blurb for McIntosh’s book. I can only speculate.
P.S. Here’s a detailed philosophical review by Chris Dierkes.