One of the areas I have become fascinated with is the exploration of what it really means to be human and how our ideas about ourselves and what it means – and takes – to “succeeed” have changed and are continuing to change.
I have begun categorizing these ideas into Four Stages Of Humanity… dubbed You 1.0, You 2.0, You 3.0, and You 4.0. I defined You 1.0 as the earliest forms of humanity, before we developed civilization, culture, technology, or writing, and so they are not on the chart below. The changes in focus through the stages of You 2.0 and You 3.0 (most likely the stage we are currently in), and You 4.0 – the stage I feel makes sense to evolve toward, are in the chart below.
If you’re interested in exploring these kinds of ideas as well, I’d love to hear from you about them.
-Jeff
| You 2.0 |
You 3.0 |
You 4.0 |
| Self-Help |
Basic 2x+1 |
Wholeness: Beyond 2x |
| 20th Century Man |
The 2x YouMan |
The 2x OneMan |
| Old School |
New School |
True School |
| Conventional |
UnConventional |
NonConventional |
| Happiness |
Joy |
Contentment/Peace |
| Money* |
True Wealth |
Infinite Wealth** |
| Self-help |
2x Core Strategies |
No strategies |
| Take the red pill |
Take the blue pill |
No pill-The Matrix |
| Traditional medicine |
Chiropractic |
Wellness |
| Create “certainty” |
Live in probability |
Joy of uncertainty |
| Soldier |
Holy Man |
Jester |
| Religion |
Spirituality |
“Eudamonic” |
| Static, “faith” |
Static, chosen by self |
Fluid, changing |
| Seek answers |
Get answers |
Question answers |
| Seek answers |
Question answers |
Embrace questions |
| Dogma |
Faith |
Questions/thoughts |
| Accepting meekness |
Pursuing Divinity |
Being Human |
| Recognition |
Achievement |
Gratitude |
| Questions |
Answers |
Paradoxes |
| Laws |
Beliefs |
Idea Structures |
| Accept beliefs |
Choose beliefs |
No fixed beliefs |
| SMART goals |
Conscious goals |
Beyond goals |
| Growth |
Evolution (random mutation) |
Conscious Mutation |
| Meet expectations |
Exceed expectation |
No expectations |
| Experience |
Experiment |
Play |
| Control rights |
Earn the right |
Express the right |
| Goals |
Big Rocks |
Magic Moments |
| Ignore flaws |
Hide flaws |
Consciously Designed Flaws |
| Dark Side |
Light Side |
Dark AND Light Side |
| Religion |
Meditation |
Awareness |
| Impatient |
Patient |
“Grok” |
| Audition |
Performer |
Artist |
| Unpredictability |
Predictability |
Surprise |
| Perfection |
Progress |
Mutation |
| Serve others |
Serve self |
Be Love. |
| Evil |
Good |
Balance |
| What do I want to do? |
Who do I want to become? |
Who am I?
What’s interesting/fun? |
| SuperMan (no flaws) |
YouMan (flaws) |
OneMan=Human |
| Obeying others |
Looking it up |
Making it up |
| Solve problems |
Avoid problems |
“What’s a problem?” |
| Be great/achievement |
Peaceful/”meditative” |
Playful/alive |
| Follow the rules |
Break the rules |
No rules |
| Use |
Create |
Appreciate & Destroy |
| Newton |
Einstein |
No individual genius |
| Get there fast |
Get there in your own way |
Already there |
| Authority |
Integrity |
Natural-ness |
| Obey |
Learn |
Unlearn |
| More |
Less |
Nothing |
| Money |
Lifestyle |
Awareness/Flow |
| Their truth |
My truth |
No single “Truth” |
| Build |
Reinvent |
Eliminate |
| Avoid |
Seek |
Accept/Enjoy |
| Complex |
Simple |
Natural |
| Unpredictability |
Predictability |
Uncertainty/Surprise/Inquiry |
| Convert |
Understand |
Observe/Ignore |
| Black |
White |
Gray |
| Achievement |
Happiness |
Contentment |
| Fighting |
Overcoming |
Acceptance |
|
Pat Volk on 19 Sep 2008 at 1:15 pm #
I picked up a book at the dollar store (for a dollar). the title ::Imagine”:What America could Be In The 21st Century_.I think that it is probably compatible with your “4.0″. I have been an advocate of change and an activist for many years We must change. For instance . ,Einstein said,”the planet must become vegetarian in order for it to survive, even tho he was not a vegetarian. I think you would find this book to your liking- a real bargani at a dollar> PS I am 80 years old.
do you have any comment on the 2012 end of the world scenario?We must change in all aspectd, energy,politics, etc. Perhaps we are beginning.
Gordon on 09 Oct 2008 at 2:47 am #
What’s really interesting about You 4.0 is that there is a lot of creating structures or constructs and then destroying them in order to evolve to the next level of consciousness. What I found really interesting as I went down the list is that I can see myself at all 3 stages of evolution. In some areas I can see that my mind is in a You 4.0 state, but in other areas I am living in a You 2.0 state. When you I say the words, “consciously creating life in my own ideal ” I can feel a shift in my body from a lower state of evolution (You 2.0) to a higher state (You 3.0, not quite You 4.0). I have also begun to question authority figures when they say things such as “This is the only way” or when they talk in absolute truths because I know there are more levels than that.
In terms of learning, this is probably one of the most valuable things I have come across as it shows a path for conscious evolution.
HUGE Thanks Jeff!