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The Divided Brain

There is a kind ofwesternization or, as he would put it, a left hemispherizationof the way...

There is a kind of
westernization or, as he would put it, a left hemispherization
of the way we approach the world, the development
of a kind of technical problem-solving attitude to our
lives, certainly in education

Full Transcript

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There is a kind of westernization or, as he would
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put it, a left hemispherization of the way we approach
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the world, the development of a kind of technical
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problem-solving attitude to our lives, certainly in education.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:54
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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?
Almost everybody on the planet now - The Divided Brain 00:06
Almost everybody on the planet now
And your life trajectory is determined by how good you - The Divided Brain 00:09
And your life trajectory is determined by how good you
The more embodied the subjects of the school curriculum-- - The Divided Brain 00:13
The more embodied the subjects of the school curriculum--
They get less time in the curriculum. - The Divided Brain 00:05
They get less time in the curriculum.
So this imbalance is absolutely institutional. - The Divided Brain 00:05
So this imbalance is absolutely institutional.
It's in the bone marrow of our educational system. - The Divided Brain 00:05
It's in the bone marrow of our educational system.
Look around, and many of the models we habitually use - The Divided Brain 00:12
Look around, and many of the models we habitually use
[INDISTINCT CHATTER] - The Divided Brain 00:06
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
And do all people give off light or just this person? - The Divided Brain 00:05
And do all people give off light or just this person?
It's like, like this-- - The Divided Brain 00:06
It's like, like this--
So some people-- - The Divided Brain 00:09
So some people--
My concern is that, far from asking too much, - The Divided Brain 00:08
My concern is that, far from asking too much,
Far too often education is about ingesting information, - The Divided Brain 00:10
Far too often education is about ingesting information,
[INDISTINCT CHATTER] - The Divided Brain 00:11
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
As students specialize in narrow fields, - The Divided Brain 00:09
As students specialize in narrow fields,
It's sad because also the humanities, at some level, - The Divided Brain 00:05
It's sad because also the humanities, at some level,
When one reads a piece of literature, - The Divided Brain 00:11
When one reads a piece of literature,
Rather, it's how can it be seen in the context - The Divided Brain 00:09
Rather, it's how can it be seen in the context
In the Academy, there's a lot of fuss over trigger words - The Divided Brain 00:09
In the Academy, there's a lot of fuss over trigger word...
What certainly would not happen is that things would be - The Divided Brain 00:05
What certainly would not happen is that things would be