How Education and Government are Suffering From the Loss of the Right Hemisphere 

Such an underrated speaker. We need to share this around and make it more known.

The reason why modern education "underappreciates" the right hemisphere is because of the necessity to mass educate. Mass education, just like mass production of goods in the industrialised economy, in order to be able to mass produce by force of the demand, needs to reduce the rather slow process of quality building as a manifestation of demand oriented economic reasoning (Kurzsichtigkeit auf Kosten der Langfristigkeit). Since the right hemisphere is better at grasping the whole Gestalt (a much more complex time consuming, qualitatively higher endeavour) the right hemisphere will be underrepresented automatically. I think the patterns are quite similar. Either wee need to slow down or we need smarter people in order to break with the destructive Kurzsichtigkeit (short-sightedness). Kurzsichtigkeit is the "all-destroyer" in the economy as well as in the field of education.

Thank you!

Indeed!

2 small clip microphones would have made a a much better job of that extremely interesting conversation. I do love that painting. It turns up in the background quite often so I suppose Dr McGilchrist likes it too.

Maybe Dr McGilchrist doesn't want too much fame to crowd his personal life, but I think it would improve quite a few people's lives, for him to talk on Joe Rogan - As with many other people's comments, I think it's such an utter shame that these videos don't have more views. The book and film of The Master And His Emissary are absolutely phenomenal and so relevant today. All the best everyone.

very good points! the main thing I gather from this talk is a "conflating of the intentions and attentions" of education. What are the intentions of teaching on the part of institutions and teachers? Then, what are the intentions of the students? And, how do we all attend to this intention? (Not to mention the intentions and attentions of the institution itself from the POV of "profit maximizing" -tuition exploitation coupled with pandering to corporate and government military industrial agendas.) with the example given here of the "race class gender" course. of course, this is a critical concern to be addressed in societies rife with hate and discrimination. BUT the intentions and attentions that I see too often are NOT about setting things right, BUT counter-productively create an angst filled contentious student body that loses track of the more practical side of education (career preparation). what kind of job can you get with a race-class-gender degree aside from teaching about race class gender? I support making some of these mandatory electives, but not whole majors. at the hospital where I work, we had a diversity trainer come in to show us the light on being sensitive to various minorities. this made sense because it was CONTEXTUALIZED in an area where it could be DIRECTLY APPLIED, and when wisdom has this outlet, one can move back into a focus on the task at hand (treating patients.) So the TRUE ANGST created by these majors is that it fills the heads of students with "the facts and figures of injustice" devoid of any real world career avenue for its application. the student enters the real world with a lot of angst and a job flipping burgers.

My response to Iain's statement at approximately 10:55 is two words, Kent State.

Sounds like a return to a classical education modified for the present.

Could it be that the movements exposing “isms” is a way of universal balancing. When whiteness has been centered is an imbalance and extreme. Ciujx it be the that that white supremacy spawned it’s opposite in all the ism movements…which I think is dangerously moving being the thing it is fighting? The chaos perhaps self correcting, self balancing towards equilibrium. Equilibrium is not static, it always in flux and flow. Also, although I very much appreciate and respect Dr. McGilchrist works. We must reMember that his perception and language in expressing the inexpressible along with the environments and cultures that inform his mindset and worldview May sit very differently with different people. When people say things like absolutely, only, best, greatest it can only be from their perspective and experiences. I say this to invite us to explore how uttered or written language can confound us and can never explain, encompass or illustrate the unknown or unknownable.

I understand what you're saying and agree. But I think you assume good faith on the part of the interlocutors. This is usually true but not always. And it becomes a problem when those not dialoguing in good faith have money and power.

He’s fighting for his kind.

What about conservatism or capitalism. You're a great thinker and l love you're work but you can be as one sided as any other ismist Iain.

He’s trying to argue that studying racism feminism and identity politics politics in general is about simplifying and categorising the world. It’s not. It’s not attempting to describe the world, only part of it. It’s trying to describe how differences at the demographic level influence our society and peoples experiences in it. He is full of caricatures of the people he doesn’t like, which is basically the left, women, people who are not like him, enough said. Far as he’s concerned they are all closed minded ignorant types you don’t appreciate the past. What utter nonsense. He really is a bitter old man. He wants to make sure not so much that he keeps his privilege but that no one else has quite as much privilege as he has.

Sounds good, but try telling that to incompetent Tories who just want to dominate and make money. How do you suggest your vision takes over? 😂😂