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Curious what you think of McGilchrist's new doorstoppers! I discovered Master and his Emissary a while ago and got through much of it but with a steadily declining enthusiasm. At first its breadth was exciting, but eventually became exhausting. Ever since, I've watched countless interviews with Iain and it seems he's been repeating the same few insights over and over again. Relationships are primary, left / right ways of 'attending' to the world, the left brain perspective destroying societies, etc. I do wonder if The Matter with Things presents something fundamentally new...


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