Adaptive Accretionism

Overview

Adaptive Accretionism synthesizes multiple frameworks into a singular philosophy. It integrates:

• Scarcity Theory: Understanding that the origins of social and economic hierarchies are rooted in the quaternary megafauna extinction, which shifted humanity’s relationship to resources from abundance to scarcity.
• Staggered Circular Community: A community model based on fluid, adaptive roles that allow individuals to occupy different niches, promoting communal resilience in the face of changing resource availability.
• Moral Philosophy Grounded in Epistemic Accretion: A moral framework built on the gradual accumulation of knowledge and ethics across time, integrating human and non-human life into a cohesive, non-hierarchical ethical system.

Scarcity Origins

The Origins of Scarcity posits that property rights originated as a response to the collapse of abundance following the extinction of megafauna. This historical event created the foundations of competition over resources, leading to hierarchies of ownership and power.

Staggered Circle of Community and Niche Building

The Staggered Community Cycle proposition imagines a society where individuals occupy flexible roles that adapt to environmental conditions and resource availability. These dynamic roles prevent the solidification of hierarchies and promote collaboration over competition.

Moral Philosophy of Epistemic Accretion

Towards an evaluation framework for Ethical Systems refers to the moral system in which knowledge and ethics evolve through the collective experiences and contributions of all life forms over time. It rejects static moral rules and instead promotes an ongoing, ecological integration of ethical behavior.

Cohesive philosophy

Adaptive Accretionism brings together these ideas into a cohesive framework that responds to scarcity not through competition, but by fostering communal cooperation and moral knowledge-building. The philosophy is rooted in circular, adaptive community dynamics and the continuous accumulation of ethical and practical wisdom.

By merging dynamic resource management with a flexible, evolving moral system, Adaptive Accretionism envisions a world where individuals and communities thrive by adapting to changing conditions without resorting to competition or rigid hierarchies.