John Anderson Media | Do You Think With The Right or Left Side of Your Brain More? | Dr Iain McGilchrist @JohnAndersonMedia | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
Iain highlights the negative consequences of this imbalance, such as bureaucratic thinking and the decline of individual freedoms. He stresses the importance of rediscovering a sense of the sacred, connecting with nature, and fostering compassionate relationships to restore balance and fulfillment in life. The interview concludes with Iain emphasizing that genuine happiness comes from these connections rather than material acquisitions, offering a profound insight into leading a meaningful life.
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher and literary scholar. He is a former Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has many other prestigious scholarly associations. He is the author of The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, and his latest book is The Matter with Things.
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Iain highlights the negative consequences of this imbalance, such as bureaucratic thinking and the decline of individual freedoms. He stresses the importance of rediscovering a sense of the sacred, connecting with nature, and fostering compassionate relationships to restore balance and fulfillment in life. The interview concludes with Iain emphasizing that genuine happiness comes from these connections rather than material acquisitions, offering a profound insight into leading a meaningful life.
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher and literary scholar. He is a former Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has many other prestigious scholarly associations. He is the author of The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, and his latest book is The Matter with Things.
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Conversations feature John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, interviewing the world's foremost thought leaders about today's pressing social, cultural and political issues.
John believes proper, robust dialogue is necessary if we are to maintain our social strength and cohesion. As he puts it; "You cannot get good public policy out of a bad public debate."
If you value this discussion and want to see more like it, make sure you subscribe to the channel here: youtube.com/channel/UCtnYSEGViOnb7k8ezUaWUww?sub_confirmation=1
And stay right up to date with all the conversations by subscribing to the newsletter here: https://johnanderson.net.au/contact/
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Website: https://johnanderson.net.au/
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Iain McGilchrist's Socials:
facebook.com/DrIainMcGilchrist
twitter.com/dr_mcgilchrist
youtube.com/channel/UCW0LCKUFTTtgitH33Mx6u-A
linkedin.com/in/dr-iain-mcgilchrist-b931aa1a2/?originalSubdomain=uk
