Being human is really being "of the middle" and being a composite creature of mind and body and nature and culture. Being in the middle is conducive to learning and adaptation. Indeed, since information and knowledge are expressed as relationships among elements, being in the middle enables us to embody those relationships in our brains. A fairly popular notion is humans are unique and are the instrument of the gods in transformation of the world from the garden into the city on the hill.
The concept of Linear History is a religious and mythical concept. The idea that human history is the unfolding of some cosmic scheme permeates not only the Christian religion and bible, but it also permeates the occult and mystery schools in some cases. The alchemy of spiritual "tranformation" is one example.
Ideas couched in terms of linear history or evolution or spiritual growth and alchemy are really good fingerprints of a will at work, or a confidence game because they imply the fulfillment of a plan.
In a world like ours of all-change there's really no linear transformation or evolution. There's only co-evolution.
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