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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
Iain McGilchrist reveals how the two halves of your brain see the world in completely different ways—and why Western culture has been leaning too hard on the analytical left side. This split shapes everything from art to politics, often at the cost of meaning and connection. What happens when the left hemisphere becomes the boss instead of the right?
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