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The Hemisphere Hypothesis
Iain McGilchrist explains how our left hemispheres have gone rogue. The left hemisphere is meant to serve the right hemisphere, but it has usurped its master's position. This usurpation is the essence of modernity. It cripples society and each one of us individually because it disconnects people from full reality: only the right hemisphere connects to the Tao and the full spectrum of reality that it leads to.
"[T]he god who got things done bore the name of Moloch." GKC
Libertarians and the Left (Hemisphere)
Brad Birzer reviews a new book about major figures in the libertarian tradition. Needless to say, I now want to buy it, but I'm holding back.
I had a drink with one of Birzer's friends a few weeks ago. I think he's probably less
Live Like Hobbits
That's apparently the advice in a new book, "The Reactionary Mind," by Michael Warren Davis.
It seems to me that Foucault's "counter-conduct" is becoming the number one obsession today, at least among people who think about . . . or at least feel . . . the left-hemisphere&
You're Getting Played, but That's Alright
From last Saturday's "Outside the Modern Limits"
Poetic Language isn't Modern Language . . . for a Reason
đź’ˇA side benefit of this essay: It succinctly states what makes poetry different from other forms of writing: Poetry is concerned primarily with creating images that delight us with their economy and elegance.
The Integrity of PoetryMicah Mattix at First ThingsThe Daily EudemonTDE
Michael Oakeshott maintains that the intellectual life
Forrest Gump
đź’ˇI wrote the following decades ago. In light of the Hemisphere Hypothesis, I re-consider it. Is Forrest a left hemispheric or a right hemispheric? If his odd character is on "the Spectrum," he's a man bereft of the right hemisphere (autism is left-hemispheric). But maybe he&
Leftists Trying Not to be Gnostics
Current Affairs seems like a worthwhile magazine. It describes itself as "the left magazine for people skeptical of leftism." Based on this essay, it seems pretty far left . . . Bernie Sanders-left . . . but intellectually honest left.
In the perspective of the Hemisphere Hypothesis, an "intellectually honest" leftist is
The Right Hemisphere Way of Therese Lisieux
St. Therese's is the "little way." The left hemisphere values the big. The left hemisphere demands answers and solutions, which require increasingly large effort. The Little Way is a rebuke of such a disposition.
She placed no value on abstractions, opting instead for the real and
Joe Rogan's Rant Against Christianity
If you want to see something startling, watch this clip from the Joe Rogan Experience.
Now, I think Rogan is one of the most entertaining interviewers ever and I find him to be respectful and open to ideas, but at times, his views come out . . . and they come out strong
Does the Telephone Cripple the Right Hemisphere . . . Thereby Preoccupying our Pysches in General?
Low spatial frequency means not much information is present, so you have to do extra work to make out what you are looking at. Iain McGilchrist, The Matter with Things, Chp. 2.
Looked at through Marshall McLuhan lingo:
“Hot” media and “cool” media were McLuhan’s buzz dichotomy. A hot