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Which half of your brain do you use most?
Broad-brushed theories of the brain suggest that logic is based in the right half of your brain while creativity makes it home in the left half of your brain. Don't worry if you are unsure. Here's a simple diagnostic. Read Margaret Atwood's novel The Year of the Flood and then ask yourself if you could readily identify with the protagonists (Toby, Rena, Adam One and/or the folk who call themselves "God's Gardeners"). If you do then you are definitely the ...more
Broad-brushed theories of the brain suggest that logic is based in the right half of your brain while creativity makes it home in the left half of your brain. Don't worry if you are unsure. Here's a simple diagnostic. Read Margaret Atwood's novel The Year of the Flood and then ask yourself if you could readily identify with the protagonists (Toby, Rena, Adam One and/or the folk who call themselves "God's Gardeners"). If you do then you are definitely the ...more
I found the background more fascinating than the characters: a chilling look at where market fundamentalism is leading us, if we continue to let it.
No contemporary author combines the commonplace with the bizarre to create dystopias that are both fantastic and totally believable like Atwood, and this is her best novel in years. Highly recommended.
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