Worldview LensAbstract
Forms general variables and concepts from concrete instances; often absolutist categories.
How it sounds
Freedom is the most important thing, period.
Politicians are all liars.
Signs in writing
- abstract nouns (freedom, honesty) used as unanalyzed absolutes
- generalizations about groups
- one variable at a time
- stereotyping
Values
principles · identity
Fears
relativism · betrayal of ideals
Staying healthy at this stage
- hold principles that give direction
Growth edge
- relate two variables with if-then logic and test it
How to be heard at this stage
- name the principle you share with them
The same altitude in other models
Mapped by altitude, not measured: models track different lines.
- Expert Cook-Greuter
- Self-aware Loevinger
- Synthetic-Conventional Fowler
- Socialized mind Kegan
- Expert Torbert
- Order / Purpose Spiral Dynamics
- Law & social order Kohlberg
- Amber Wilber
See the stage of anything you read. Worldview Lens is a Chrome extension that reads posts, threads, articles and books through 9 stage models, including this one, and helps you say things so people at any stage can hear them.
Add to Chrome, free How scoring worksStage descriptions are paraphrased summaries for orientation, written for Worldview Lens; they are not the official scoring manuals. Example sentences were written to illustrate each stage.