Summary: Is developmental theory valid? Is it even moral? This is the gauntlet laid down by author Nora Bateson in a cheeky tweet that launched a thousand comments:<br> <br> Stage theory…<br> Is BS.<br> Always was.<br> And it is colonial as hell.<br> Sorry, but that has got to go.<br> — nora bateson (@NoraBateson) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoraBateson/status/1425142926254956550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2021</a><br> <br> In a high-profile response to her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/norabateson/posts/10159038460440860">social media posts</a>, author Hanzi Freinacht shared <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1199720657209567&id=100015149321507">a short essay</a> defending stage theory as being both true and beneficial to society.<br> The result has been an online controversy that has generated both heat and light in the Integral / Spiral Dynamics world. In this episode, I offer a shamelessly integral analysis of the ideas in contention, and how the conflict itself is contributing to the evolution of evolutionary thought.<br> Let me know what you think at <a href="mailto:jeff@dailyevolver.com">jeff@dailyevolver.com</a>. And here’s more about <a href="https://batesoninstitute.org/nora-bateson/">Nora Bateson</a> and <a href="https://metamoderna.org/hanzi-freinacht/">Hanzi Freinacht</a>.<br>
