Looking forward to the podcast with Iain McGilchrist. He is not only a philosopher, but also a literature scholar (poetry), a neuroscientist, a psychiatrist and a wonderful human being. Iain McGilchrist has written two of my favourite books: “The master and his emissary” and “The matter with things”. His hemispheres hypothesis states that both hemispheres have a different take on the world. The left hemisphere is the emissary, divides the world into parts, focusses on the parts and is meant to manipulate the world. The left hemisphere is the hemisphere that made technology possible. The right hemisphere is the master, it sees the Gestalt (the whole), it is present in the world and good in relating to the world and in relating to each other. It has no words, because language is in the left hemisphere. In my opinion it is the right hemisphere that is able to perceive the warm data Nora Bateson is talking about.
I'm glad you're going to share options to address the dynamics you outline - given the inertia within the present 'system' that is inhibiting deep change, I pessimistically envisage things ending badly this centruy for most species. As an antidote, today I registered for the Beyond Growth Aotearoa conference next month in Whanganui A Tara Wellington. I'm looking forward to your talk, and subsequent visit?
Looking forward to the podcast with Iain McGilchrist. He is not only a philosopher, but also a literature scholar (poetry), a neuroscientist, a psychiatrist and a wonderful human being. Iain McGilchrist has written two of my favourite books: “The master and his emissary” and “The matter with things”. His hemispheres hypothesis states that both hemispheres have a different take on the world. The left hemisphere is the emissary, divides the world into parts, focusses on the parts and is meant to manipulate the world. The left hemisphere is the hemisphere that made technology possible. The right hemisphere is the master, it sees the Gestalt (the whole), it is present in the world and good in relating to the world and in relating to each other. It has no words, because language is in the left hemisphere. In my opinion it is the right hemisphere that is able to perceive the warm data Nora Bateson is talking about.
Thank you for this elegant summary and integrating Nora. Yes the Iain episode is fantastic- out in 3 weeks
I'm glad you're going to share options to address the dynamics you outline - given the inertia within the present 'system' that is inhibiting deep change, I pessimistically envisage things ending badly this centruy for most species. As an antidote, today I registered for the Beyond Growth Aotearoa conference next month in Whanganui A Tara Wellington. I'm looking forward to your talk, and subsequent visit?