We glorifyd those who have succeeded in times of material terms, then we think tho the right people to give us policy decisions. Nd, that comes back to the difference between manipulating reality and understanding reality. So on the one hand, what i want to do is present a very different picture of the world,. But it's also run that people will at some deep level, recognize. And recognize means to have conceived it again. You'v conceived it innerly, unconsciously before, and now it comes into for you. That's what i wantto do.
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist and author of The Master and His Emissary and The Matter with Things. In the episode we discuss:
- The differences between the left and right brain hemispheres and how they shape your perspective - The 4 pathways to understanding - science, reason, intuition & imagination - How the big problems we face including the assault on Nature, destruction of Culture are all related
We also talk about the significance of morality and the intersection of science and religion.