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The Divided Brain

But the left hemisphere'snarrow kind of attention reminded McGilchrist ofsomething else,...

But the left hemisphere's
narrow kind of attention reminded McGilchrist of
something else, our world

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But the left hemisphere's narrow kind of attention
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reminded McGilchrist of something else, our world.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:40
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

A film which explores a radical new idea - is there an imbalance between our brain hemispheres that is affecting how we live in our modern society?
I began thinking about how in public life, - The Divided Brain 00:09
I began thinking about how in public life,
For the last 100 years, a way of thinking which is reductive, - The Divided Brain 00:07
For the last 100 years, a way of thinking which is reductive...
It's enabled us to manipulate the world, to grab resources, - The Divided Brain 00:06
It's enabled us to manipulate the world, to grab resour...
But it's also meant that we've lost the means - The Divided Brain 00:09
But it's also meant that we've lost the means
And we created outside ourselves, - The Divided Brain 00:09
And we created outside ourselves,
Rigid lines of things that were rolled out - The Divided Brain 00:09
Rigid lines of things that were rolled out
Bureaucracy is in its element. - The Divided Brain 00:04
Bureaucracy is in its element.
It depends on qualities which the left hemisphere provide-- - The Divided Brain 00:14
It depends on qualities which the left hemisphere provide--
Systems designed to maximize utility, - The Divided Brain 00:10
Systems designed to maximize utility,
And there's a lack of trust and a lot of paranoia - The Divided Brain 00:09
And there's a lack of trust and a lot of paranoia
What do you mean there's half or ambiguity or metaphor? - The Divided Brain 00:06
What do you mean there's half or ambiguity or metaphor?
People think, well, the left hemisphere is surely, - The Divided Brain 00:05
People think, well, the left hemisphere is surely,
It's the one that does all that analysis. - The Divided Brain 00:04
It's the one that does all that analysis.
There's a lot of evidence that the really critical one - The Divided Brain 00:09
There's a lot of evidence that the really critical one
Another important difference-- a very important one-- - The Divided Brain 00:08
Another important difference-- a very important one--
Whereas in the right hemisphere, flow - The Divided Brain 00:07
Whereas in the right hemisphere, flow
That actually changes the whole nature of what life is. - The Divided Brain 00:04
That actually changes the whole nature of what life is.
When you grab them and put them in the spotlight of attention - The Divided Brain 00:06
When you grab them and put them in the spotlight of attentio...
[APPLAUSE] - The Divided Brain 00:06
[APPLAUSE]
What I want to ask you is, how do you - The Divided Brain 00:05
What I want to ask you is, how do you