Integral Perspectives

As interesting as the pattern-machine model of mind is, it is a drop in the ocean of Integral Theory.  Integral Theory is a higher-level way to look at both interior and exterior states, types, stages, levels and lines of development and expression.  It also includes individual and collective quadrants for interior and exterior in a 4 quadrant system.  Integral Theory provides a great framework for organizing and understanding different aspects of individual and collective phenomena.

Pattern Machine

The mind is a reasonably fast, ultra-parallel, massively connected, super-hierarchical pattern machine.  As we get older these hierarchies of categories and categories of hierarchies get strengthened.  This produces hardening of the categories.  Unless we continue to grasp new ideas and concepts, this hardening will be more extreme.  It is good to confuse the existing patterns on a regular basis to help loosen the rigidity.