Author Archives: Alexander Gemo

Renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how the ‘divided brain’ has profoundly altered human behaviour, culture and society. Or if you would prefer the RSA Animate version instead (shorter and sharper), then in this one psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist describes the real differences between the left and right halves of the human brain. It’s not simply “emotion on the right, reason on the left,” but something far more complex and interesting. A Best of the Web talk from RSA Animate.

Hans Rosling’s famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport’s commentator’s style to reveal the story of the world’s past, present and future development. In The Joy of Stats he tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 numbers – in just four minutes. Continue reading













