Conscious evolution

The concept of conscious evolution refers to the theoretical ability of human beings to become conscious participants in the evolution of their <a href="/facts/Human_culture/c5JgMqpX"> cultures</a>, or even of the entirety of <a href="/facts/Human_society/PulvrYfa">human society</a>, based on a relatively recent combination of factors, including increasing awareness of cultural and <a href="/facts/Social_pattern_(disambiguation)/NmfEeABn"> social patterns</a>, reaction against perceived problems with existing patterns, injustices, inequities, and other factors.
The idea of conscious evolution is not a specific theory, but it has loose connections to <a href="/facts/Ervin_L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3/zKntBJzR"> integral theory</a>, <a href="/facts/Metamodernism/jUzgPXVu">metamodernism</a>, General Evolutionary Theory (also known as Evolutionary Systems Theory), <a href="/facts/Spiral_Dynamics/YMWT5ymN">Spiral Dynamics</a>, and <a href="/facts/Noosphere/zCetV7d7">noosphere</a> thought.[need quotation to verify] <a href="/facts/Barbara_Marx_Hubbard/s37dpK9t">Barbara Marx Hubbard</a> also connects the idea with that of the <a href="/facts/Global_brain/FHg0eJA2">global brain</a>; Julie A. Yusupova associates conscious evolution with <a href="/facts/Collective_consciousness/9wjz7f0G">collective consciousness</a>.
Some have suggested "conscious cultural-evolution" as a more accurate term, to reduce association with standard <a href="/facts/Evolution/Hj0qAaBk"> biological evolution</a>, though this is not widely applied.

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Conscious evolution