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Apr 2024

22m 40s

Are We Enslaved to One Side of the Brain...

Academy of Ideas

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“It seems to me that we face very grave crises indeed and that, if we are to survive, we need not just a few new measures, but a complete change of heart and mind.” Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World There seems to be […]

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