?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Future+Psychological+Evolution&rft.creator=Stewart%2C+John&rft.subject=Sociobiology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Humans+are+able+to+construct+mental+representations+and+models+of+possible+interactions+with+their+environment.+They+can+use+these+mental+models+to+identify+actions+that+will+enable+them+to+achieve+their+adaptive+goals.+But+humans+do+not+use+this+capacity+to+identify+and+implement+the+actions+that+would+contribute+most+to+the+evolutionary+success+of+humanity.+In+general%2C+humans+do+not+find+motivation+or+satisfaction+in+doing+so%2C+no+matter+how+effective+such+actions+might+be+in+evolutionary+terms.+From+an+evolutionary+perspective%2C+this+is+a+significant+limitation+in+the+psychological+adaptability+of+humans.+This+paper+sets+out+to+identify+the+new+psychological+capacity+that+would+be+needed+to+overcome+this+limitation+and+how+the+new+capacity+might+be+acquired.++Humans+that+develop+this+capacity+will+become+self-evolving+organisms+-+organisms+that+are+able+to+adapt+in+whatever+ways+are+necessary+for+future+evolutionary+success%2C+largely+unfettered+by+their+biological+and+social+past.&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1995%2F1%2FCogevpsy.htm&rft.identifier=++Stewart%2C+John++(2001)+Future+Psychological+Evolution.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1995%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>