we need to do X, doing z, b, c,...

does the bold sentence mean:

1. because we are ceaselessly reconfiguring models, images, hypotheses, myths, stories and even jokes.

or

2. which includes ceaselessly reconfiguring models, images, hypotheses, myths, stories and even jokes.

Context:

We need always to take note of the constructs and thought experiments of our times and keep testing them out, ceaselessly reconfiguring models, images, hypotheses, myths, stories and even jokes. For if we’re not prepared always to wonder what it’s like to see things from an entirely different point of view, to imagine impossible scenarios and adapt to unknown circumstances, it may spell the end of the human race.