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The Master and His Emissary
- The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
- Narrateur(s): Dennis Kleinman
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- Catégories: Santé, forme physique et régime, Psychologie et santé mentale
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Wildhood
- The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals
- Auteur(s): Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Kathryn Bowers
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
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A revelatory investigation of human and animal adolescence and young adulthood from the New York Times best-selling authors of Zoobiquity.
Auteur(s): Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Autres
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Conformity
- The Power of Social Influences
- Auteur(s): Cass R. Sunstein
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Yen
- Durée: 5 h et 7 min
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We live in an era of tribalism, polarization, and intense social division - separating people along lines of religion, political conviction, race, ethnicity, and sometimes gender. How did this happen? In Conformity, Cass R. Sunstein argues that the key to making sense of living in this fractured world lies in understanding the idea of conformity - what it is and how it works - as well as the countervailing force of dissent.
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Conformity
- Écrit par Reza le 2021-10-20
Auteur(s): Cass R. Sunstein
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Rivers of Power
- How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World
- Auteur(s): Laurence C. Smith
- Narrateur(s): Victor Bevine
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Rivers, more than any road, technology, or political leader, have shaped the course of human civilization. They have opened frontiers, founded cities, settled borders, and fed billions. They promote life, forge peace, grant power, and can capriciously destroy everything in their path. Even today, rivers remain a powerful global force - one that is more critical than ever to our future. In Rivers of Power, geographer Laurence C. Smith explores the timeless yet underappreciated relationship between rivers and civilization as we know it.
Auteur(s): Laurence C. Smith
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Fear of Falling
- The Inner Life of the Middle Class
- Auteur(s): Barbara Ehrenreich
- Narrateur(s): Carmela Marner, Molly Parker Myers
- Durée: 9 h et 37 min
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One of Barbara Ehrenreich's most classic and prophetic works, Fear of Falling closely examines the insecurities of the American middle class in an attempt to explain its turn to the right during the last two decades of the 20th century. Weaving finely-tuned expert analysis with her trademark voice, Ehrenreich traces the myths about the middle class to their roots, determines what led to the shrinking of what was once a healthy percentage of the population, and how, in its ambition and anxiety, that population has retreated from responsible leadership.
Auteur(s): Barbara Ehrenreich
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Louder Than Words
- The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning
- Auteur(s): Benjamin K. Bergen
- Narrateur(s): Benjamin K. Bergen
- Durée: 8 h et 1 min
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Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning - a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else’s mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things - from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from Roger Federer’s backhand to things that don’t exist at all, like flying pigs.
Auteur(s): Benjamin K. Bergen
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The Origins and History of Consciousness
- Bollingen Series
- Auteur(s): Erich Neumann, R. F. C. Hull - translator, Carl Jung - foreword
- Narrateur(s): William Roberts
- Durée: 17 h et 38 min
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The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of analytical psychology in his own right. In this influential book, Neumann shows how the stages begin and end with the symbol of the Uroboros, the tail-eating serpent.
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Not an easy read
- Écrit par Andre le 2020-11-24
Auteur(s): Erich Neumann, Autres
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Wildhood
- The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals
- Auteur(s): Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Kathryn Bowers
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
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A revelatory investigation of human and animal adolescence and young adulthood from the New York Times best-selling authors of Zoobiquity.
Auteur(s): Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Autres
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Conformity
- The Power of Social Influences
- Auteur(s): Cass R. Sunstein
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Yen
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We live in an era of tribalism, polarization, and intense social division - separating people along lines of religion, political conviction, race, ethnicity, and sometimes gender. How did this happen? In Conformity, Cass R. Sunstein argues that the key to making sense of living in this fractured world lies in understanding the idea of conformity - what it is and how it works - as well as the countervailing force of dissent.
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Conformity
- Écrit par Reza le 2021-10-20
Auteur(s): Cass R. Sunstein
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Rivers of Power
- How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World
- Auteur(s): Laurence C. Smith
- Narrateur(s): Victor Bevine
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Rivers, more than any road, technology, or political leader, have shaped the course of human civilization. They have opened frontiers, founded cities, settled borders, and fed billions. They promote life, forge peace, grant power, and can capriciously destroy everything in their path. Even today, rivers remain a powerful global force - one that is more critical than ever to our future. In Rivers of Power, geographer Laurence C. Smith explores the timeless yet underappreciated relationship between rivers and civilization as we know it.
Auteur(s): Laurence C. Smith
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Fear of Falling
- The Inner Life of the Middle Class
- Auteur(s): Barbara Ehrenreich
- Narrateur(s): Carmela Marner, Molly Parker Myers
- Durée: 9 h et 37 min
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One of Barbara Ehrenreich's most classic and prophetic works, Fear of Falling closely examines the insecurities of the American middle class in an attempt to explain its turn to the right during the last two decades of the 20th century. Weaving finely-tuned expert analysis with her trademark voice, Ehrenreich traces the myths about the middle class to their roots, determines what led to the shrinking of what was once a healthy percentage of the population, and how, in its ambition and anxiety, that population has retreated from responsible leadership.
Auteur(s): Barbara Ehrenreich
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Louder Than Words
- The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning
- Auteur(s): Benjamin K. Bergen
- Narrateur(s): Benjamin K. Bergen
- Durée: 8 h et 1 min
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Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning - a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else’s mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things - from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from Roger Federer’s backhand to things that don’t exist at all, like flying pigs.
Auteur(s): Benjamin K. Bergen
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The Origins and History of Consciousness
- Bollingen Series
- Auteur(s): Erich Neumann, R. F. C. Hull - translator, Carl Jung - foreword
- Narrateur(s): William Roberts
- Durée: 17 h et 38 min
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The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of analytical psychology in his own right. In this influential book, Neumann shows how the stages begin and end with the symbol of the Uroboros, the tail-eating serpent.
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Not an easy read
- Écrit par Andre le 2020-11-24
Auteur(s): Erich Neumann, Autres
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Intangibles
- Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry
- Auteur(s): Joan Ryan
- Narrateur(s): Joan Ryan
- Durée: 8 h et 31 min
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Does team chemistry actually exist? Is team chemistry as real and relevant as on-base percentages and wins above replacement? In Joan Ryan's groundbreaking audiobook, we discover that the answer to all of the above is a resounding "Yes". As Ryan puts it, team chemistry, or the combination of biological and social forces that boosts selfless effort among more players over more days of a season, is what drives sports teams toward a common goal, encouraging the players to be the best versions of themselves. These are the elements of teams that make them "click".
Auteur(s): Joan Ryan
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Getting Gamers
- The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People who Play Them
- Auteur(s): Jamie Madigan
- Narrateur(s): Stephen Bel Davies
- Durée: 11 h et 25 min
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Getting Gamers will show that rather than being a waste of time, video games can help us develop skills, make friends, succeed at work, form good habits, and be happy. Taking the time to learn what's happening in our heads as we play and shop allows us to approach games and gaming communities on our own terms and get more out of them. With examples from the games themselves, Jamie Madigan offers a fuller understanding of the impact of games on our psychology and the influence of psychology on our games.
Auteur(s): Jamie Madigan
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The Remarkable Life of the Skin
- An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest Organ
- Auteur(s): Monty Lyman
- Narrateur(s): Matthew Spencer
- Durée: 8 h et 44 min
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Providing a cover for our delicate and intricate bodies, the skin is our largest and fastest-growing organ. We see it, touch it, and live in it every day. It is a habitat for a mesmerizingly complex world of micro-organisms and physical functions that are vital to our health and our survival. It is also a waste removal plant, a warning system for underlying disease and a dynamic immune barrier to infection. One of the first things people see about us, skin is crucial to our sense of identity, providing us with social significance and psychological meaning.
Auteur(s): Monty Lyman
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Gifts Differing
- Understanding Personality Type
- Auteur(s): Isabel Briggs Myers, Peter B. Myers - with
- Narrateur(s): Patricia Rodriguez
- Durée: 8 h et 21 min
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Like a thumbprint, personality type provides an instant snapshot of a person's uniqueness. Drawing on concepts originated by Carl Jung, this audiobook distinguishes four categories of personality styles and shows how these qualities determine the way you perceive the world and come to conclusions about what you've seen. It then explains what they mean for your success in school, at a job, in a career, and in your personal relationships.
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very good book on understanding personality types
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-04-06
Auteur(s): Isabel Briggs Myers, Autres
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The Reality Bubble
- How Science Reveals the Hidden Truths that Shape Our World
- Auteur(s): Ziya Tong
- Narrateur(s): Ziya Tong
- Durée: 11 h et 29 min
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Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the X-rays that peer through skin, the mass spectrometers that detect the dead inside the living, or the high-tech surveillance systems that see with artificial intelligence. And we are blind compared to the animals that can see in infrared, or ultraviolet, or in 360-degree vision. With all of the curiosity and flair that drives her broadcasting, Ziya Tong illuminates this hidden world and takes us on a journey to examine 10 of humanity's biggest blind spots.
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this book was a bittersweet and very entertaining
- Écrit par Gypsymama le 2019-07-10
Auteur(s): Ziya Tong
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A Terrible Thing to Waste
- Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind
- Auteur(s): Harriet A. Washington
- Narrateur(s): Ron Butler
- Durée: 10 h et 13 min
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In 1994, The Bell Curve and its controversial thesis catapulted the topic of genetic racial differences in IQ to the forefront of a renewed and heated debate. Now, in A Terrible Thing to Waste, award-winning science writer Harriet A. Washington adds her incisive analysis to the fray, arguing that IQ is a biased and flawed metric, but that it is useful for tracking cognitive damage. Featuring extensive scientific research and Washington's sharp, lively reporting, A Terrible Thing to Waste is sure to outrage, transform the conversation, and inspire debate.
Auteur(s): Harriet A. Washington
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The Prime Number Conspiracy
- The Biggest Ideas in Math from Quanta
- Auteur(s): Thomas Lin - editor, James Gleick - foreword
- Narrateur(s): Bob Souer
- Durée: 10 h
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These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing listeners how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating the productive tension between conjecture and proof, theory and intuition. Listeners of The Prime Number Conspiracy are headed on "breathtaking intellectual journeys to the bleeding edge of discovery strapped to the narrative rocket of humanity's never-ending pursuit of knowledge," says Quanta editor-in-chief Thomas Lin.
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Deeply intriguing
- Écrit par Tom Beakbane le 2021-05-07
Auteur(s): Thomas Lin - editor, Autres
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Leading for Organisational Change
- Building Purpose, Motivation and Belonging
- Auteur(s): Jennifer Emery
- Narrateur(s): Henrietta Meire
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Leading for Organisational Change is an intelligent and practical guide to the human side of merger integration and other organizational change. Building a clear sense of common purpose and then reinforcing it through storytelling can underpin the success of an integration or significant change program. Pulling together the best thinking from neuroscience, psychology, business, and her rich personal experience in 20 years of leading change projects in professional services organizations and other people-centered businesses, author Jennifer Emery presents a framework for change.
Auteur(s): Jennifer Emery
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The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones
- Auteur(s): Kim Renfro
- Narrateur(s): Kate Reading
- Durée: 11 h et 15 min
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There may be no happy endings, but there is plenty to discover and obsess over in this behind-the-scenes fan guide to the Game of Thrones HBO series. Did the show affect George R.R. Martin’s ability to finish the book series? Why were the Stark direwolves all but cut from the show? Spanning every episode across all eight seasons, The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones explains scenes that don’t follow Martin’s books, and sheds new light on the themes, storylines, character development, the meaning of the finale, and what fans can expect next.
Auteur(s): Kim Renfro
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About Love and Other Stories
- Auteur(s): Anton Chekhov
- Narrateur(s): Adam Grupper, T. Ryder Smith, Henry Strozier
- Durée: 9 h et 9 min
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Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov "the greatest short story writer who has ever lived". This unequivocal verdict on Chekhov's genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, John Cheever, and Tobias Wolf. While his popularity as a playwright has sometimes overshadowed his achievements in prose, the importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes - alienation, the absurdity and tragedy of human existence - have as much relevance today as when they were written.
Auteur(s): Anton Chekhov
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
- How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
- Auteur(s): Steven Novella, Bob Novella - contributor, Cara Santa Maria - contributor, Autres
- Narrateur(s): Steven Novella
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is your map through this maze of modern life. Here Dr. Steven Novella and friends will explain the tenets of skeptical thinking and debunk some of the biggest scientific myths, fallacies, and conspiracy theories - from anti-vaccines to homeopathy, UFO sightings to N-rays. You'll learn the difference between science and pseudoscience, essential critical thinking skills, ways to discuss conspiracy theories with that crazy co-worker of yours, and how to combat sloppy reasoning, bad arguments, and superstitious thinking.
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Great reference guide for the Skeptical movement.
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-10-26
Auteur(s): Steven Novella, Autres
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Fragile
- Auteur(s): Stella O'Malley
- Narrateur(s): Stephanie Racine
- Durée: 9 h et 35 min
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With a particular interest in the rising levels of anxiety, Stella O'Malley demonstrates how our increasingly perfectionist and materialistic lifestyles have created a society which is shallow and toxic, high on expectation and low on satisfaction. With simple thinking tools, this audiobook aims to empower listeners to face any mental health challenges which come their way.
Auteur(s): Stella O'Malley
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This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human brain - the place where mind meets matter. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen as the "rational" side, the superior partner to the right. But is this distinction true?
Drawing on a vast body of experimental research, Iain McGilchrist argues while our left brain makes for a wonderful servant, it is a very poor master. As he shows, it is the right side which is the more reliable and insightful. Without it, our world would be mechanistic - stripped of depth, color and value.
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- Arthur Pendragon
- 2020-02-03
Excellent - and the Narration is Pretty Good.
One of the most interesting books I've read/listened to. I thought the narration was fine. Highly recommend this audio book!
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- Kindle Customer
- 2019-11-13
Great book; horrible narration...
Though his love of run-on phrasing and circular, 'philosophical' prose become somewhat intolerable after the first few chapters, the book is nonetheless intriguing, memorable, and well- researched/ written. My biggest complaint would have to be the narrator. I've never had an issue with or dislike of English accents, but his unique pronunciation of so many words makes one want to reach through the speakers and strangle him. I'm absolutely flummoxed that the company would choose his services for the recording; he's so incredibly annoying.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2022-04-28
Fantastic
One of the best books I’ve read! Explains our screwed-up world with empathy and a ton of research. Likely will become a classic.
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- Mathew S.
- 2022-04-28
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read this now. it explains so much of what we miss about ourselves and where we can go.
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- Thom Tisher
- 2021-12-03
Thoughtful Ideas Worth Considering
I enjoyed the great analysis of brain research, and interesting philosophical interpretation of literature and history.
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- David Pike
- 2021-08-18
Great Foundational Read for These Key People
This book will be hugely enlightening and influential for engaged leaders, exemplary educators and community-minded politicians who want to understand their own personal proclivities and possibilities and be better able to accompany others in conversations about how we see, say, value and do things differently depending on how our right and left hemispheres act: more or less independently or interdependently. Rang hundreds of bells for me—for example, the conservative view that the economy and growth of GDP is THE key to prosperity (left hemisphere focus on utility, measurability); whereas individuals and countries that put material benefits in the context of relationships and physical, emotional, spiritual well-being (right hemisphere concerns) were more reasonable to me than my rational conservative friends. Lots and lots to ponder.
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- EssBee
- 2021-07-11
Fantastic
I loved this book! I gained so many insights on everything to the personal to the global/international. It was time well spent. I highly recommend this book!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-06-02
A lot of religious sentiment
It seems like the author at the time of writing was still seeing the world through the filter of his old religious conditioning. It feels like he favors religion over science, although never explicitly admitting his preference. Otherwise, this book is a large body of work with a lot of great points and observations. Thank you.
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- Michael
- 2020-11-07
The Master and His Emissary
Excellent narration. Pretty much perfect.
McGilchrist's work here is majesterial in depth and scope. I was somewhat overwhelmed by his knowledge of the classics, philosophers and poets, and his ability to synthesise them into his explanation of the how the brain's hemispheres function. There's a lot to think about, and I'll mull over it for a while. I may read this again sometime.
That said, I'll jump to the criticisms. By the end of the book I got the feeling that his hemispheres-hammer started to see hemispheres-nails everywhere. It's the theory to explain everything, and becomes somewhat unfalsifiable. I appreciate the difficulty in using the left hemisphere to explain (ie, writing an academic book) the workings of the (uncapturable world of the) right hemisphere, thus according to his theory his explanation is going to be lacking something that academic writing can never capture. I'm not sure of the solution to that. I also think his rose coloured glasses view of bygone eras is a bit myopic, and becomes a powerful narrative by which to interpret human history. Were 'humans' 'really' 'happier' 'back then'? I have to qualify every word in that sentence, because it's not straightforward - which humans? Measured by what? Starting from when?
McGilchrist mostly speaks glowingly of ancient peoples and their myths and religions, but never mentions the horrors, fears and suppression that they brought, and this is, I think, the mistake of searching for explanatory narratives. It ultimately leads to hit counting and confirmation bias.
But back to the positives.... It was really helpful to see how the different parts of the brain worked, and I was able to recognise those different patterns in myself, and the oppositie pulls of the left and right hemispheres. McGilchrist takes a somewhat negative view of scientific reductionism, yet dividing consciousness into the activities of separate brain hemispheres seems like the ultimate in reductionist thinking. Did that thought cross his mind (minds?).
I also thought it fascinating to think about how ancient humans may not have had an inner dialogue, and when that started to develop they had no mytho-cultural norms for interpreting that, and thus there was an explosion of 'god-whisperers' - people hearing an inner dialogue, not knowing what it was, and concluding they were hearing voices from beyond. Today we have narratives and precedents for interpreting this phenomenon ("It must be me talking to myself in my head, which is what everyone else is experiencing and is totally normal, and science backs that up"). I'm not sure how we could ever 'prove' that this is the case, but it's an interesting hypothesis that has a bit of explanatory power.
Another interesting concept was the paradoxical nature of the left hemisphere's inability to articulate the right hemisphere's activity, and all the different phenomena that are 'destroyed' by the left hemisphere's attempt to codify the uncodifiable, such as 'freedom', or 'spontenaity', or 'authenticity'. I've felt this tension my whole life, and intuitively known that there's something paradoxical and unsolvable about it, but didn't have a framework by which to explain it. Now that I have a framework I wonder if my left hemisphere will simply latch onto that at every possibility....
Related to that, his description of the American Revolution and the movement toward 'small government' explains in part my general preference for conservative politics despite my sympathies with liberal issues. I think that government is not really able to legislate true freedom, but in a left-brained way tries and tries, and ties up 'freedom' in legislation and laws which are the antithesis to freedom. That's not my only reason, but it's a significant one.
I thought it was interesting that in mentioning the sensation that language is inadequate for articulating all of one's thoughts about something, he identified the three dots '...' as a marker of the right hemisphere's resistance to closure and certainty. Those dots represent the 'inexaustability' and 'unembraceability' of articulation, and I personally use them a lot when not constrained by formal writing standards.
Hyperconsciousness is something I'm curious about. I definitely have leanings toward that, and I agree that too much consciousness is a bad thing in that it ruins an experience. It's hard to have a sense of awe and wonder while having a sense of having a sense of awe and wonder. It's hard to belly laugh while 'observing' one's own response to a funny situation, analysing it, and being aware of one's own physiological response. It seems that there's a happy balance between consciousness and ignorance. IIRC, McGilchrist suggests that ancient authors rarely describe schizotypal behaviours and perhaps it's a modern phenomenon, the ultimate ascendance of the left hemisphere. This is basically the conclusion of TMAHE. There's definitely a movement toward algorithmic driven life, and according to McGilchrist, this is the left hemisphere's attempt to control the phenomena experienced through the right hemisphere. We see this even more as AI takes over more and more aspects of human life and may, according to some critics of AI, end up taking over everything - a universe of paperclips. I don't know what the solution is, because any attempt to solve it is likely to be a left hemisphere driven solution.
Anyway, great book, with lots to ponder. Almost 5 stars, but for the romanticising of history and lack of addressing relevant academic criticisms.
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- Mary Tyler
- 2021-02-07
Irritating errors of oral expression
The reader consistently mispronounces key words, especially the noun “affect,” which he stresses on the second syllable as if it were a verb. At one point, he read “panoply” as if it were written “panalopy,” and his phrasing often seemed skewed, as if he were not really tuned into the author’s meaning. I admire this book greatly, but I could not trust the oral interpretation. I had to constantly check back with the printed text to follow the author’s argument.
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- Alexander Ford
- 2020-01-04
Hypnotic and heady
One of the best books I’ve heard. Comprehensive analysis of how our dependence on logic is shaping society, and how this dependence is leading to a value shift which may be linked to overgrowth and over dependence on the left brain.
Very much appreciate the breadth and depth of the author’s landscape from neuroscience to history, philosophy and back again.
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- Brian Danielson
- 2021-01-21
Wonderful
Having stumbled across this book is one of the great fortunes of my life. I listened to it while wandering aimlessly around the rural roads of western Pennsylvania, getting both literally lost, and lost in my thoughts. If only I could do it all again.
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- A Parent
- 2020-05-21
Most important book of our lifetimes
Honestly, I think McGilchrist might just be right, and if so, the contents of this book are exactly what each person needs to understand themselves, and the world we've built. I wish I had heard about it sooner and that more people have read it.
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- Nicole Miller
- 2021-10-16
A book that compels you to grow wiser...
A dense listen but I must tell you the final chapters are enlightening. My soul feels healed a bit from these ridiculous times of bad news and bad information we are living in. Healed by such wise overviews of culture, rooted in that which we all carry within our own heads. Inner unrest that walks in time with the outer unrest of the whole of the world. Bravo on this great work.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-04-30
Infuriating to listen to.
75,000 words on his opinion on everything. To my ears not a penny's worth of useful information in any of them.
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- C. Streetzel
- 2020-03-04
Insightful
This book has been very helpful. I learned a lot about myself and other people. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand themselves better.
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- Joan M Plastino
- 2021-12-15
Most important book I have read
I have read hundreds of books, most on health, medicine, philosophy and psychology and religious books. I am on the second relistening, and bought his new book “The Matter With Things. Life changing!
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- Sabrina
- 2021-09-27
Summon the Council of Nicaea
Call in the Gideons! This book needs to be distributed to all hotel rooms.
An angel appeared to me and said: I bring you good news of great neuroscience that is for all people. The brain hemisphere messiah has come to take away the lateralization of the world!
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