The Misuse of "Social Evolution"

No word is more on people's lips than "Evolution"; and none is more frequently misused, and misunderstood.

Social Evolution is often talked of as if it were a cosmic process forced on men wholly from the outside, regardless of their yea and nay; or again as if it were a beneficent dispensation "from on high" that somehow, and regardless of men's acts, will float them to the haven of social bliss.

The typical expression of this last extraordinary misconception is: "Things will right themselves!"

What Evolution Is.

In so far as "Social Evolution" is used not merely as a pretentious label for any adventitious change, but for a continuing process analogous to that which has produced the animate world, from amoeba to Man, Social Evolution is indeed a "Natural'' force which Alan must accept and to which he must adjust himself as to all other forces of Nature, but which, like any other natural force, is available to Man for the accomplishment of his own purposes. Thus � and this is the decisive point � Man is not the helpless object of this evolutionary force, but a participating subject � a Master Mechanic.

Notes:

Evolution is a natural force, but we mistake that for fatalism. Humans have control over their destiny.

Folksonomies: evolution social engineering

Taxonomies:
/home and garden/pest control (0.562591)
/science/mathematics/arithmetic (0.366418)
/business and industrial/biomedical (0.328296)

Keywords:
Social Evolution (0.981352 (neutral:0.000000)), natural force (0.785477 (positive:0.415854)), beneficent dispensation (0.680962 (neutral:0.000000)), extraordinary misconception (0.658078 (neutral:0.000000)), pretentious label (0.643272 (negative:-0.403966)), helpless object (0.634457 (neutral:0.000000)), decisive point (0.633126 (neutral:0.000000)), typical expression (0.630382 (neutral:0.000000)), animate world (0.627505 (neutral:0.000000)), cosmic process (0.625330 (neutral:0.000000)), Master Mechanic (0.624577 (positive:0.433694)), social bliss (0.619089 (positive:0.319664)), adventitious change (0.612187 (negative:-0.403966)), evolutionary force (0.597778 (neutral:0.000000)), Man (0.497890 (positive:0.389915)), fatalism (0.480194 (negative:-0.447870)), yea (0.475123 (negative:-0.341856)), men (0.474719 (negative:-0.299004)), nay (0.468475 (negative:-0.341856)), Misuse (0.465343 (negative:-0.553063)), lips (0.462199 (negative:-0.316088)), amoeba (0.458958 (neutral:0.000000)), accomplishment (0.458570 (positive:0.389915)), destiny (0.452632 (neutral:0.000000)), Humans (0.449929 (neutral:0.000000)), control (0.445642 (neutral:0.000000)), acts (0.444267 (negative:-0.299004)), word (0.444006 (negative:-0.316088)), people (0.443927 (negative:-0.316088)), haven (0.441445 (positive:0.319664))

Entities:
Alan:Person (0.770096 (positive:0.399127)), Master Mechanic:JobTitle (0.734310 (positive:0.433694))

Technocracy, First, Second and Third Series Social Universals

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Smyth, Admiral William Henry (2010-08), Technocracy, First, Second and Third Series Social Universals, Nabu Press, Retrieved on 2013-11-08

Source Material [books.google.com]

Folksonomies: history transhumanism technocracy post-scarcity society