We now literally look at a representation in screen form every day. But the right hemisphere sees nuances, gradations that there's good and bad in almost everything. We've been pushed by the development of our machines into viewing it in this reductionist materialist way. And I don't notice that we're getting wiser. That would be an understatement. So it's all like putting machine guns in the hands of toddlers and then hoping this is going to be a happy outcome.
From the left-brain right-brain divide to the metaphysics of magic, Dr Iain McGilchrist addresses the profound questions of living well. The esteemed thinker was in conversation with Freddie Sayers at the UnHerd Club on 20th April 2023.
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