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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
Ever feel like the world’s gone bonkers, obsessed with data and missing the bigger picture? Maybe it’s not just society losing its mind—it might be your brain, or rather, which half of it is running the show. Iain McGilchrist’s “The Master and His Emissary” takes a deep dive into how our two brain hemispheres shape everything from art to politics—and why Western culture might be stuck in the wrong gear.
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