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This page collects, links, and summarizes my writing on the theory and its implications.

Adult developmental stage theory describes three fundamental ways of thinking, feeling, and acting. They are the communal or pre-systematic mode; the rational or systematic one, and the fluid or meta-systematic one. These are distinctive ways of being that can manifest in any domain. Each is more powerful and accurate than the previous. As individuals, we can develop into them only in sequence, so they are called “stages”—numbered 3, 4, and 5 for historical reasons. The title of this page is humorously hyperbolic. However, I do believe stage theory may be the most significant idea we have, if

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