"For reasons of evolutionary biology, reading or listening to information may be inherently less powerful than absorbing symbol—including by way of literature, art, and film."
I agree completely, and "Apocalypse Now" is a good example to make that point.
Our primal (old/lizard) brain is far faster, less nuanced and far far less easily deceived than our neocortex is. It is unencumbered by transient social values and rationalization. Our limbic system is about survival which, after all, is the ultimate "self-interest. It may not always be signaling the reaction you ultimately decide to go with, but when there is a contradiction between head and gut, one's time is well-spent figuring out why there is a conflict.
"For reasons of evolutionary biology, reading or listening to information may be inherently less powerful than absorbing symbol—including by way of literature, art, and film."
I agree completely, and "Apocalypse Now" is a good example to make that point.
Our primal (old/lizard) brain is far faster, less nuanced and far far less easily deceived than our neocortex is. It is unencumbered by transient social values and rationalization. Our limbic system is about survival which, after all, is the ultimate "self-interest. It may not always be signaling the reaction you ultimately decide to go with, but when there is a contradiction between head and gut, one's time is well-spent figuring out why there is a conflict.