What is this? Beyond Dichotomy is not about squishing & solving
Early thoughts on the frameworks.
Andrea: [00:00:00] Hey everyone, this is Andrea Hiott I'm so glad you're here. This channel is about moving beyond either or, beyond dichotomy, beyond traditional divisions, while still holding them and letting them be what they are. Holding the paradox is something I like to say, all of these conversations are with people who are opening up new paths and opening the space around what might seem irreconcilable.
Audio Only - All Participants: The basic idea is how can we navigate develop a new way of thinking that isn't based on either or categories, dichotomies, divisions. This way of looking at the world may have served us very well up to this point, but it feels like it's time for something else. And, I've been working on ways to articulate that in neuroscience and philosophy, in a way that can be understood across disciplines, broadly. The overall mission here it's not to have interviews with people, it's to have [00:01:00] conversations with people, and in those conversations, try to figure out how we can move into a different way of thinking and speaking and being together. There are a lot of conversations on this channel about that from many different points of view. I'm pretty sure you can find something here that will make a lot of sense to you and resonate and feel warm and comfortable.
And I'm also pretty sure you can find something that will feel difficult, challenging, perhaps even a bit off putting. Maybe because it sounds like it's dealing with things you haven't studied yet, or maybe because it's presenting a viewpoint that feels a little bit uncomfortable or contrary to what you think. All of that I'm hoping we can embrace together. I feel this way too, to be honest. Trying to be public, and trying to respond to everyone's comments, which I really appreciate, but can also be very challenging. All of this for me is part of the same practice of how to figure out a way [00:02:00] to move beyond what feels like ruts in not only the way we think of ourself as individuals, but the way we think of our organizations and larger groups in society.
Andrea: Maybe we can develop an entirely new way of thinking that isn't based on contrasts and that doesn't always make us think we have to be on one side or the other of something. Maybe there's a really different way to be in the world, which zooms out from what seem like binaries and notices that they're actually connected to many, many, many, many, many points.
Almost in a planetary constellation sort of system, a complex system, some might say. That's what we talk about here in all different disciplines and ways of life. I'm really glad you're here and I hope that we can move through this together in love and philosophy. Those two words are really important because the love is what connects us and takes us out of our thought and [00:03:00] into our bodies, but with presence. The philosophy part is more of the critical thinking, which is very important revisiting ideas and actions and looking at what they've meant to us, where they came from, how they might change, but ultimately doing that in a space of love, in the flow of love, thank you for being here. And I hope wherever you are today, you feel some love and some philosophy in the best way possible.