Spiral Dynamics Stage Yellow Examples Mega-Thread

[Joel3102]

48 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

I removed a lot of names from the list of Yellow examples.

I was too liberal in classifying people as Yellow. It's quite hard to find pure examples of Yellow.

Dunno if you’ve been following Ezra Klein lately but I get a lot of yellow vibes from him. Progressive but has matured into a more meta and analytical progressive 

[Leo Gura]

On 3/30/2025 at 8:51 AM, Joel3102 said:

Dunno if you’ve been following Ezra Klein lately but I get a lot of yellow vibes from him. Progressive but has matured into a more meta and analytical progressive 

I know of him. Is he Yellow or just a smart neoliberal? Hard to say.

The problem is that a smart healthy balanced Orange/Green can seem like Yellow.

Edited Tuesday at 02:26 AM by Leo Gura

[Leo Gura]

On 3/30/2025 at 8:32 AM, Daniel Balan said:

@Leo Gura Elon Musk having been on that list for so long was a real disgrace to your work. Now to rectify that you should place him on the stage red list of examples  

Well, to be fair to me, Musk really has fallen. He was never this bad.

But also hard times reveal one's true character in a way that soft times do not.

But yes, I did misjudge a handful of people as Yellow when they really aren't. It's hard to judge famous people from a distince without direct contact. Especially if we are talking about higher stages.

The lesson is that you must be very careful in labeling anyone as Yellow or Turquoise. Almost no one is.

Edited Tuesday at 02:30 AM by Leo Gura

[Raze]

40 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Well, to be fair to me, Musk really has fallen. He was never this bad.

But also hard times reveal one's true character in a way that soft times do not.

But yes, I did misjudge a handful of people as Yellow when they really aren't. It's hard to judge famous people from a distince without direct contact. Especially if we are talking about higher stages.

The lesson is that you must be very careful in labeling anyone as Yellow or Turquoise. Almost no one is.

Why don’t you think Shinzen Young is yellow? 

[Leo Gura]

7 minutes ago, Raze said:

Why don’t you think Shinzen Young is yellow? 

I don't know what he is.

[Husseinisdoingfine]

According to the SDi founders, a brief history of time by Stephan Hawking is an example of Yellow.

[samijiben]

@Husseinisdoingfine funny you mention it

I had just come across a rusty copy on a shelf

After some perusing, I concluded that Stephen Hawking did not have a fucking clue what he was talking about...

[OBEler]

4 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I don't know what he is.

What about actual Peter Ralston, what do you think?

[Joel3102]

5 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I know of him. Is he Yellow or just a smart neoliberal? Hard to say.

The problem is that a smart healthy balanced Orange/Green can seem like Yellow.

I’d lean yellow but hard to say. He seemed full blown green during his Vox days, so maybe he’s evolved upwards. 
His recent interview on Lex was pretty good

[nerdspeak]

On 3/30/2025 at 5:51 PM, Joel3102 said:

Dunno if you’ve been following Ezra Klein lately but I get a lot of yellow vibes from him. Progressive but has matured into a more meta and analytical progressive 

Ezra Klein wants to make soft neoliberalism work better by adding some Keynesian elements. It’s still the same shill. 

[Daniel Balan]

On 01/04/2025 at 5:25 AM, Leo Gura said:

The problem is that a smart healthy balanced Orange/Green can seem like Yellow.

You know when someone is Yellow when you get Daniel Smachtenberger, or Leo Gura type of vibes. When I encounter Yellow something in my brain immediately notices the sheer novelty and complexity of one's speech. Yellow feels novel, like finding something extremely unique, feels like shifting into a completely new gear when it comes to the complexity and profoundity of one's discourse.