In inverting the pyramid, what we've replaced our relationship to the sacred with is essentially a religion of money. Money fulfils pleasure and utility but iant power, which is the other value of the left hemisphere. The very word tells us something that's afterwards, and it isn't actually present any more. But also, fascinatingly, money is, like everything in the left hemisphere, a representation. It's not the thing itself. This article was originally published on November 20th 2014 by New Statesman at 10:30am GMT. We are happy to make clear that this interview has been edited for length and clarity as well as providing an insight into how scheile’s
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.