Theories 2011-20 and other selected writings
"Theories" is a collection of essays and blog posts from Jessica's philosophy and personal blogs. It includes all of the commentaries of the Kegan stages and on the work of David Chapman's book Meaningness. It also includes audience favourites from the personal blog, from tips on how to become a tech contractor to reflections on bisexuality and kissing girls in the ladies' room.
This book is perfect for people looking to find meaning in life, and find comfort in the personal stories of a reflective thinker.
Table of contents:
Introduction
Section One: An Egregore
Hades
Section Two: Essays
Essays 1: Out there
Emotionally Dealing With Cheaters
Crap Criticisms Of Elon Musk
More Strategies For Body Pleasure Management
Philosophy of Tool Use
The Trolley Won’t Be A Problem
Britain’s unequal cities and the magnetic force of London’s social norms
Reaction to: We’re A Niche, We Just Didn’t Know
Book Review: Impro by Keith Johnstone
Tips for a longer life
How To Become A Tech Contractor
Contemplative Practice That Isn’t Meditating
All Seats Are The One Seat
Antecedents
Money
Money, part 2
Religious tendencies
Community Units
Utopia Acid Test
Section Two: Essays
Essays 2: In Here
Me and Myself
The Archetypes Inside Me
How I Left The Cult
That time I became a man
Antecedents
Metaphor for panic
Philosophy labels
Section Three: Wrong-think
Rants about how everyone is wrong
Not A Meritocracy
Just run the numbers
Escaping the tyranny of the ‘no new ideas’ myth
Section Four: Kegan & Meaningness
Stage 3-4: From Village to City
Polyamory as stage 4 bridge
(Stage 4: Civic structures)
Stage 4.5: Civic collapse + Postmodernism
Postmodernist Territory
Primer: Systems Don’t Work
Literary reactions to propaganda in a structuralist world
Get Past This Angst
Stage 5: Fluid Mode
Reaching Stage 5 - Non-Stem
Emotional challenges of Stage 5
What is Stage 5’s environment?
Existing signs of fluidity
End Of Nations: Stage 5 Geography?
Another opinion u-turn
Summary of Kegan Stage 5 Principles
Reflections on Cook-Greuter’s Nine Levels
Section Five: Sex & Sexuality
Eternalist Problems With Bisexuality
The Future of Sexuality
Illicit Kisses In The Ladies Room
Hands On Vulvas
Section Six: Manifestos
Personifesto
Meaning-Maker Manifesto
Section Seven: What next
The Inevitability of the Speed of Time
About the Author