In this conversation, Chris explores the philosophical foundations of his new book, The Abstract Mind, drawing on William James’s concept of vicious abstractionism and Alfred North Whitehead’s fallacy of misplaced concreteness to examine how thinking itself can become a source of suffering. Building on the insights of No Self, No Problem, he considers the distinction [...]

In this episode, Chris shares his research into left and right-brain processing and how these differences shape the way we perceive reality. He suggests that much of our suffering and conflict arises from mistaking our thoughts and stories for truth. We explore how this shows up not only in personal life, but also in politics [...]

Chris shares his research into left and right-brain processing and the value of understanding these differences. He suggests we’ve gotten ourselves into a thinking problem and we’re under the illusion that we can think our way out using more thinking.