Science Fiction with Damien Walter | Iain McGilchrist on the Mythos and the Machine @DamienWalter | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:50 Is Iain McGilchrist a scifi fan?
00:07:05 Iain McGilchrist's work and philosophy
00:17:34 Reason vs Rationalisation
00:22:30 Kubrick's 2001 and the hemispheres
00:27:14 Why do we take everything literally now?
00:34:41 The myths that form us
00:43:22 How do we reconnect to the mythos?
00:49:36 Campbell, Jung and the synthetic mythos
00:55:27 Creativity and the hemispheres
01:03:27 Is the right hemisphere the source?
01:07:00 The mythos and the machine
01:15:27 AI and administration
01:24:42 Is myth the true reality?
01:39:24 What does a better balanced future look like?

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