Its nigh Halloween. Monsters (in costume) and revelry. As humans – we each possess a rational, caring ‘Dr. Jekyll’ and an atavistic, emotional, reactive ‘Mr. Hyde’. This brief (15 minute) reflection shows 7 areas of our life where Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde interact and suggests ways for a stable (and more sustainable) integration might occur.
In French, we have a motto that says that a simple drawing is often better than a long explanation. Jean-Marc Jancovici Carbone 4 President
That’s very understandable because with left atmosphere thinking, one of the problems is that you see everything as a series of problems that must have solutions. Iain McGilchrist Neuroscientist and Philosopher
We can’t have hundreds and hundreds of real relationships that are healthy because that requires time and effort and full attention and awareness of being in real relationship and conversation with the other human. Nate Hagens Director of ISEOF
This is the crux of the whole problem. Individual parts of nature are more valuable than the biocomplexity of nature. Thomas Crowther Founder Restor
Show Notes & Links to Learn More
01:19 – Jekyll and Hyde
04:15 – Comparing ourselves to others is the driver of social status
04:54 – Climate change
05:37 – People want meaningful work
06:45 – The best and worst of the US
07:20 – NATO Involvement in Ukraine/Russia war
09:21 – Left vs right brain dynamic
09:32 – The neocortex can plan for the future but the limbic system cannot
10:42 – Andrew Huberman, Dopamine Fasting
12:46 – Bush quote on the American way of life
13:38 – 25% of the humans to ever live were in the last 500 years
