"The Mind and the Meaning of its Cultural Imperatives" covers my intellectual journey of six decades through the plethora of interdisciplinary fields such as economics, psychology, political science, sociology, philosophy, public affairs, urban planning, culture, organization theory, administration theory, est, Eastern philosophy, Buddhism, A.I., consciousness, neuroscience, astrophysics, etc. The ideas build on each other as the different subjects are explored. There are a number of speculative hypotheses and two major themes I propound: (1) that consciousness is a deep, deep, kind of matter, like a solid or gas, and (2) that along with our genetically determined behavior, throughout the evolution of living species, including humans, we have developed a higher form of cognitive, analytical, "slow thinking." This type of thinking emanates from all the cultural inputs and imperatives that humans have experienced throughout their lives, individually, and throughout history, collectively.