Iain McGilchrist
Our brain's analytical half was meant to serve the holistic half, but it has usurped control. By mistaking fragmented details for the complete truth, modern civilization has sacrificed deeper meaning and wisdom.
The specific way we pay attention to the world fundamentally alters the reality we experience and the values we uphold.
The right hemisphere engages with the present moment holistically to recognize the unique, living, and contextual nature of reality without forcing premature conclusions.
The left hemisphere operates by isolating, categorizing, and abstracting information to build an internally consistent but lifeless model of the world designed strictly for utility.