Reality is tripartite - object, subject, and process, the most significant of which is subjective. Knowledge is not value-free. Society is a process that maximizes individual growth through interactions with others. Adaptive periods are short. Individuals can influence society as a whole.
Conformity promotes stability but only coherent individual innovations promote evolution.
As future stable states are not predictable, goals and means must be developed on the go. Transcendence among competing interests creates harmony that benefits everyone. The unit of individual consciousness is the unit of a social field like a thread woven in a tapestry. As individuals adjust to consolidate themselves in response to some influence, the social tapestry is pulled. Individual fluctuations drive social evolution.