tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post647957064625257460..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Weekend Reading (Heavy Division)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-6521765350549533142013-09-24T08:57:51.957+01:002013-09-24T08:57:51.957+01:00right brain = focus on here and now including inte...right brain = focus on here and now <i><b>including inter-relationships</b></i> of self with rest-of-imminent-world<br /><br />(risk = losing perspective / global 'understanding')<br /><br />left brain = focus on (or via) theoretical construct 'explaining' the world<br /><br />(risk = losing contact with reality & richness thereof, over-simplifying)<br /><br /><i>individual is defined in relation to</i> ... well, certainly inter-relationships with rest-of-imminent-world (RB), but also the individual's world-view (LB)<br /><br />deep watersNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-26987606308311788472013-09-23T07:07:42.801+01:002013-09-23T07:07:42.801+01:00BTW didn't Vienna turn Red and isn't the G...BTW didn't Vienna turn Red and isn't the Guardian Red?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-36033251937398374572013-09-23T05:41:19.801+01:002013-09-23T05:41:19.801+01:00Yet Buddhism stresses focus on the here and now. P...Yet Buddhism stresses focus on the here and now. Perhaps the individual is largely defined in relation to others, and when sufficiently centred in one's immediate experience, one loses both self and others. So the problem with techno-individualism is that for commercial reasons, you are not encouraged to go all the way and off-grid.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.com