The Integrative Values Charter makes integrative commitments legible. It is a voluntary, self-attested trust mark—a public signal of alignment with eight shared commitments that tells the world what you stand for, without requiring membership of any kind. As discussed in my January 7, 2026 blog post, since the mid 2010's we find ourselves living in a more chaotic BANI world that is Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, and Incomprehensible. The Integrative Values Charter was created i

I am reading Steve McIntosh's book The Presence of the Infinite: The Spiritual Experiences of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness, which prompted me to ask ChatGPT the question: "Which philosophers, through time, have extoled the intrinsic values of beauty, truth, and goodness?" [Note: I added hyperlinks to Wikipedia for more information.] Answer: The triad of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness is one of the deepest and most persistent themes in the history of philosophy, religion, and aest

I was first introduced to Terrence Deacon through Human Energy's 10-week Science of the Noosphere Master Class in the summer of 2023, where he discussed major evolutionary transitions from the origin of life to the origin of human societies, and the future of humanity with David Sloan Wilson and Eörs Szathmáry. The major idea discussed is Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's conception of the noosphere, and that groups can evolve to become so co-dependent that they become super-organ

Unity Earth hosted Symposium V - Spiraling UP: A New Energy for Planetary Consciousness online February 20-22, 2026. I participated on Zoom, but needed to review to regain a fresh perspective here. The highlight video (above) on YouTube includes talks and panels from authors, scientists, musicians, theologians, and philosophers speaking on the themes of unity consciousness, interconnectedness, and interspirituality. The full speaker lineup included: Robert Atkinson, Diane Be

Steve McIntosh is a developmental philosopher, cofounder and president of the Institute for Developmental Philosophy, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that "seeks to advance humanity’s understanding of noosphere evolution—the evolution of human history". In his presentation on YouTube, Steve examines "evolution's structure of emergence—the sequence of integrated levels that connects each of us to the beginning of the universe." Steve starts by examining humanity's various atte

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels toward the Moon. Image Credit: NASA If you have been following RogueValleyVoice.com you will have noticed that on April 10, 2026, the name changed to IntegralWorldview.com. This happened to coincide with NASA's Artemis II successful flight around the moon. Their view from space is similar to the "Blue Marble"

Image from Light on Light publication of the e-book Awakening of Humanity and its use of VENN diagrams. In January 2024, Light on Light Press published a free, downloadable e-book, Awakening of Humanity: the Dawning of a New Earth and Unitive Age , written by Doug King, Kurt Johnson, PhD, and Jude Currivan, PhD, with a Spotlight by Robert Atkinson, PhD. An overview of the concepts presented in the book can be found in the Awakening Humanity January 17, 2024 interview with