P.S. – I wrote this piece around a month ago, long before there was any hint of the protests that have shaken the world. How much would I change? Certainly the line that what we are seeing is a confrontation between ideological vanguards. Suddenly every single one of us is involved in a momentous struggle to realize, finally, the Enlightenment dream of creating a Just Society. But I would also change the paragraph in which my anxiety about a descent into Gray Brain creeps in. For what we are seeing today is a surge of Satyagraha, fuelled by Blue Brain principles of justice and equality and Red Brain feelings of compassion and human fellowship. ~ Stuart

When Stress Makes it Harder to Listen
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