The FT graphic making the rounds this week is startling: conscientiousness in freefall among younger adults, agreeableness and extraversion also sliding, while neuroticism climbs. Most will see this as a sociological story. ceLLM Theory says it’s a biological one too — and a warning.
https://www.ft.com/content/5cd77ef0-b546-4105-8946-36db3f84dc43
Transgenerational Traits Require High-Fidelity Environments
In nature, certain behaviors and temperamental patterns are passed on with remarkable continuity, even without direct teaching. A beaver kit raised without ever seeing a dam will still build one. That’s not learned from observation — it’s an encoded, species-level trait, a product of countless generations of high-fidelity cellular reproduction and signaling.
The Cellular “Goldilocks Zone” Has Been Breached
For billions of years, life’s transgenerational code has been preserved in an electromagnetic environment shaped by the ionosphere and magnetosphere — a naturally quiet spectrum where cellular bioelectric networks could operate with minimal interference. ceLLM Theory holds that when this environment is disrupted, the fidelity of DNA expression and cellular communication is degraded. Traits that once passed intact — not just eye color, but complex behavioral predispositions — begin to fragment.
The 140-Year Mistake
When Heinrich Hertz experimentally proved Maxwell correct in the late 19th century, we inadvertently opened the door to flooding this environment with artificial electromagnetic fields. Over the past century — and exponentially in recent decades — we’ve layered the planet with microwave transmitters. ceLLM Theory warns that this “entropic waste” doesn’t just create immediate health stress; it erodes the biological encoding that sustains long-term temperamental and behavioral continuity.
The Chart as a Biological Warning
The dramatic shifts in personality traits shown here match what ceLLM Theory predicts under sustained low-fidelity environmental conditions:
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Loss of conscientiousness and agreeableness — traits that require stable, precise bioelectrical patterning across generations.
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Rising neuroticism — a sign of dysregulated signaling and stress adaptation at the cellular level.
The Takeaway
We’re not just watching a cultural trend. We may be seeing the early-stage biological unraveling of transgenerational behavioral traits, driven by an electromagnetic environment human biology has never faced before. The solution is not just psychological intervention, but restoring the electromagnetic fidelity of life’s operating conditions.