1. This presentation by Psychiatrist Jeremy Holmes provides an excellent overview of attachment theory, and also explains how this theory has transformed the practice of psychotherapy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Se9HZoCUOQ

2. This video is a fascinating explanation of the differences in how the right and left cerebral hemispheres process our experiences, and how they influence our understanding of the world and ourselves.  

“The Divided Brain” by Iain McGilchrist

3. On the topic of the collectivistic nature of life, this article describes how trees share resources, help each other when sick, and donate their nutrients to other trees when they’re dying, etc through the network of mycelium (the fungus that produces mushrooms) that connects trees in the soil.

Never underestimate the intelligence of trees

4. This is about ‘quantum entanglement,’ what Einstein called ‘spooky action at a distance,’ the idea that objects can be interconnected across a vast distance once they have become ‘entangled,’ causing each other to move in tandem. It’s a fascinating subject (as is everything in physics). 

https://news.mit.edu/2018/light-ancient-quasars-helps-confirm-quantum-entanglement-0820

5. Click here for a very informative blog post by Diana Divecha, Ph.D., an introduction to John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth’s “Attachment theory.” The article is titled What is a Secure Attachment? And Why Doesn’t “Attachment Parenting” Get You There?

6. Jaron Lanier: How the Internet Failed and How to Recreate It. On October 29, 2018, Jaron Lanier visited UC Santa Cruz and explored how the internet as it exists today might destroy our world. In developed countries, its arrival has corresponded to bizarre political dysfunction, while in the developing world, ethnic rivalries that had been waning have been re-ignited in the most grotesque fashion. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The internet was supposed to empower people and enrich culture and democracy. What went wrong was based on a simplistic, nerdy philosophy. The solution can be discerned, and it involves creating and strengthening societal structures that are in between giant tech platforms and individuals.