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.
In times of change, government must be outward-looking, a catalyzer of social change, continually reorienting itself, and dynamically balancing regulation with the promotion of ingenuity. Visionary governments set the direction, help provide for the infrastructure, and facilitate cooperation among players. Man is an integral part of the global ecosystem. The evolution of one depends on the evolution of the other. The environment has an intrinsic value that is related to our own self worth.