'The master and his emissary' and 'The matter with things' by Iain McGilchrist.

[Faith]

Here is another very interesting and inspiring conversation: Ian McGilchrist and D.C. Schindler (Professor of Metaphysics and Anthropology) talk about the nature of god and the universe. There are many aspects to it that one might call "intelligent design", although they don't use that exact term. I particularily like the idea of "beauty as an endless invitation to more, to deepen the relationship... a call", as Schindler puts it, something that moves us. Below the video you can read a short summary of the conversation:

Iain McGilchrist and D C Schindler: Is Love the Source and Sustenance of Everything in the Universe?​

Iain McGilchrist and David Schindler respond to a question about a passage from Cs Lewis's book, The Discarded Image, then delved into a discussion of the passage and its implications for understanding the nature of God and the universe. They discussed intelligence, beauty, and goodness in the cosmos, and explored the idea that even non-animate aspects of the universe reveal intelligence, beauty, and complexity. They also touched on the idea that good can embrace evil, but evil cannot embrace good.The speakers engaged in a wide-ranging discussion about the relationship between beauty, order, and the transcendent principle. They explored the idea that disorder and chaos can be incorporated into order to create something even more beautiful and profound, drawing on examples from art, philosophy, and theology. They also discussed the complex and multifaceted nature of intelligence, beauty and love and the importance of values in shaping our understanding of the world.

EDIT: I added the title of the video and an additional sentence

 

[Joe]

Nice, short article here about McGilchrist.

Raging against the machine - The Tablet

One of our most influential thinkers tells Abigail Frymann Rouch that the ever-proliferating crises facing the world can be traced back to society’s

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And a particularly interesting paragraph.

McGilchrist is due to speak on Saturday about “the triumph of the machine” at a conference at London’s Royal Institution ambitiously titled “The Future of Humanity”. He tells me that he will say that “the opposite of life is not death, the opposite of life is mechanism … We are embracing the idea that we are machine-like … in the process, we’re losing our sense of wonder, we’re losing our sense of humility, we’re becoming hubristic.” And this, he reminds me, has been “from time immemorial in all the cultures of the world the fable, the myth of how we will destroy ourselves, through hubris, as Lucifer became Satan”.