Author Archives: Damien Walter

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:50 Is Iain McGilchrist a scifi fan?
00:07:05 Iain McGilchrist’s work and philosophy
00:17:34 Reason vs Rationalisation
00:22:30 Kubrick’s 2001 and the hemispheres
00:27:14 Why do we take everything literally now?
00:34:41 The myths that form us
00:43:22 How do we reconnect to the mythos?
00:49:36 Campbell, Jung and the synthetic mythos
00:55:27 Creativity and the hemispheres
01:03:27 Is the right hemisphere the source?
01:07:00 The mythos and the machine
01:15:27 AI and administration
01:24:42 Is myth the true reality?
01:39:24 What does a better balanced future look like?

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Watch J G Ballard’s Towering Inferno

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The Techno-Optimist Manifesto
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PS – man with midlands accent is Alan Moore

There is an ancient English ritual, performed in the grey and rainy times (which is the entire year save 2 weeks in July), when the tribes people gather around a glowing screen and politely pretend that whoever is playing Doctor Who is a great actor.

They never are. But it’s not their job to be. The Who actor’s singular task is to depict a very particular kind of eccentric Englishness (or, now and again, Scottishness), in an ever so slightly new variety.

As such Tom Hiddleston has been on the “who would make a good Who” list for some years now. The problem is the Beeb can’t afford him.

Tom is at the bottom of the list of the top British actors, just below Eddie Redmayne and Damien Lewis, and far behind the likes of Tom Hardy and The Cavill. Nobody on the Top list would ever play Who.

Unless…Disney decided to do a Who reboot. Which is what I think Loki is. There have been dark rumours that Disney tried to buy Who itself, but were rebuffed by Aunty Beeb.

So I think Disney decided to try and steal the market segment instead. They have the clout to get Hiddleston for the role, and once season one was a hit they decided to go all in and take on Who. So don’t be surprised if Tom ends season two by zooming off in a faux Tardis for more adventures.

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