Worldview LensPrimary
Simple logic, arithmetic, one-step rules; concrete time and place.
How it sounds
If you do the chores you get paid, so I did them.
They have more, so it isn't fair.
Signs in writing
- single-rule reasoning
- concrete facts and counts
- self-interested exchange
Values
fair exchange · simple rules
Fears
being cheated
Staying healthy at this stage
- clear rules applied consistently
Growth edge
- see how rules relate to others' viewpoints and roles
How to be heard at this stage
- state the simple rule and payoff
The same altitude in other models
Mapped by altitude, not measured: models track different lines.
- Opportunist Cook-Greuter
- Self-protective Loevinger
- Mythic-Literal Fowler
- Imperial mind Kegan
- Opportunist Torbert
- Power / Egocentric Spiral Dynamics
- Obedience & punishment Kohlberg
- Red 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.