In this information-packed episode Malcolm Ocean and I dissect The Divided Brain. We discuss the interplay between communication, self-coercion, and the roles of the left and right hemispheres.

Malcolm answers questions like:

* What is at the core of good conversation?

* Is pursuit of productivity fundamentally ego-driven?

* Is anxiety and self-coercion useful, and if so how?

* How do you think we can we best attend to what our experiences are telling us about how we should orient ourselves?

* Should we understand the conscious mind as fundamentally passive?

Some references mentioned in the show:

‘The Master and His Emissary’ by Iain McGilchrist

‘Thinking in Systems’ by Donella Meadows

The Reaching Truth Podcast

Factorio

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