Quotessence
Home / Books / A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality

A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality

Book by Ken Wilber · 2 quotes · Development, Domain, Egocentric

Filter quotes by topic

A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality Quotes

“What good is it to continue to focus on the exterior technological wonders before us - from indefinite life extension to computer/mind interlinks to unlimited zero-point energy to worm-hole intergalactic space travel - if all we carry with us is an egocentric red-mem Nazis and KKK? Do we really want Jack the Ripper living 400 years, zipping around the country in his hypercar, unleashing misogynistic nanorobots? Exterior developments are clearly a concern; how much more so are interior developments - or lack there of.”

“What would it mean if there were a theory that explained everything? And just what does "everything" actually mean, anyway? Would this new theory in physics explain, say the meaning of human poetry? Or how economics work? Or the stages of psychosexual development? Can this new physics explain the currents of ecosystems, or the dynamics of history, or why human wars are so terribly common?”