10-16-2016, 05:34 PM
Well, certainly silicon is a candidate. I think though that the bronze and iron age was the age of metalwork per se; that was the age when it was a primary shaper of how people lived and what their world view was. The transition from stone to metal was a big deal in shaping the culture. But the next age was shaped by religion and church authority and by religious empires, rather than a material that was used. After that, it was the secular state, the kingdom. So over time, it was the social organization and its size that even more marked the times.
As you may know, I use the planets as symbols of the various memes and world views that were dominant at different levels of social evolution, and the change to new periods has happened faster and faster, in something like a fibonacci spiral pattern. This is also partly based on the integral philosophy tradition.
http://philosopherswheel.com/planetarydynamics.html
As you may know, I use the planets as symbols of the various memes and world views that were dominant at different levels of social evolution, and the change to new periods has happened faster and faster, in something like a fibonacci spiral pattern. This is also partly based on the integral philosophy tradition.
http://philosopherswheel.com/planetarydynamics.html