Living a Non-Anthropocentric Future

Making Progress Work: A New Life for the Old Idea

“…69 Others see anthropocentrism as an effect of organized agriculture or industrial production. 70 Yet, as has been explained elsewhere, 71 the source of anthropocentrism is in the spontaneous projections of inner states on reality, as practices by humans since the rise of civilization. The practice rooted in anthropocentrism is exclusionary since it is based on subjective human constructs that are inevitably subjective.…”

The War in Ukraine and the Agony of the West

“…As a result, human understanding of the process that we use to create our mental constructs has been and remains very limited 15 and our general approach to reality has been and remains anthropocentric. 16 Thus, the source of anthropocentrism is the failure to recognize the essential role of the process of creation in our relationship with reality. This process is integral to the entire universe.…”

“…They argue that anthropocentrism is the main reason for the degradation of the environment and a very real threat to the survival of human civilization. 17 Just like the devastation of the environment, wars also owe their existence to anthropocentrism and the social practice that it shapes. Wars have been endemic to human civilization.…”

Setting Right LGBTQ Rights

“…One can hardly see this attempt as successful, since in refuting Wilkerson, Diaz-Leon still recognizes the importance of choice. 13 The argument that sexual orientation is due to special genes or combinations of genes, even if successful, will not make sexuality and sexual behavior any less representative of a particular individual and, thus, a form of expression that represents this particular individual-therefore, subjective. No genetic determinism will make sexuality and various forms of sexual practice universal.…”

“…We continue to view reality through the prism of mental constructs created by humans; and so far, humans have no idea how to view reality in any other way. 13 Only by adopting the process of creation as the main organizing principle of our worldview and reorganizing our relationship with reality, we can transcend anthropocentrism.…”