AIRWAVES#2 How the Left Brain Kidnapped Civilization - Dr. Iain McGilchrist

Why are you the way that you are? Why do you hurry, or focus on
the technical details, or let your mind drive up anxiety and
worry? Do you know? Or, do you, like most people, simply take for
granted that your internal state is inevitable and largely
unchangeable? That you're just a happenstance combination of
genetics, upbringing, scarring social moments, and the
civilizational frame you've been brought up in? Neuroscientist,
philosopher, psychiatrist, and author Iain McGilchrist (The
Matter with Things, The Master and His Emissary) proposes that
the essence of your *you*-ness isn't an external phenomenon, and
isn't even encoded in your genetics. It's a byproduct of the way
your brain is organized, where the left hemisphere - that
cataloguing and exacting nag - has effectively taken over not
just your cognition, and our cognition, but that of the entire
species. Left hemisphere dominance is the reason that capitalism
is so corrosive, why our jobs suck and our lives lack meaning,
why the singing of birds and the sighing of the wind have lost
their luster. It is the key to understanding ourselves, our
society, our civilization... and maybe, even, our future.

PS A small note: we had some gnarly issues with lag in this
recording, and so the conversation is a little stilted in parts.
However, we thought it still warranted sharing, and hope you'll
forgive us for the issues and will let us know what you thought
of the ideas anyhow. 


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