That's why this manifesto calls for a reappropriation of
Ken Wilber's AQAL matrix. To those who would dismiss it—or its chief architect and the integral scene he helped spawn—as overly theoretical and out of touch with real-world concerns, we say, occupy it! More than anyone, Ken Wilber has given us a conceptual framework for having
the conversation about a "post-postmodern" approach to social transformation in the first place. And not only did Ken gives us the map, but he also connected thousands of us in a community of discourse that speaks a common, multidimensional, radical evolutionary language—one that's fundamentally adaptive and vital. That's why he remains an indispensable cultural figure; why we must find our way
to a mature, yet
not uncritical, appreciation of his work; and why it's still invaluable to learn AQAL. (We can even forgive the
occasional integral geeking out that sometimes giddily arises among hardcore students of Ken's work.)
I think the text above is self-explanatory. It is hard to lead a movement within a marketing-context. Then again it is hard to lead one in any context these days. Which is why Occupy is leaderless. And why the Web manages to get things done without leaders.
Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes
