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February 10, 2026

From Paradigms to Purposes: Why the Real Paradigm Shift Is 'Evolution on Purpose'

A genuinely new paradigm must pair evolution and complexity with purpose-driven, testable interventions that help societies 'evolve on purpose' toward explicit values.
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