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28 October 2026 · Durham

Technology, AI and the Human Future

An evening with Iain McGilchrist at the Durham Cathedral Institute on what two decades of digital technology, from the smartphone to artificial intelligence, have done to how we understand ourselves and relate to each other.

28October2026
Evening lecture08:30 PM
FormatEvening lecture
PeriodAutumn 2026
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Technology, AI and the Human Future

An evening with Iain McGilchrist at the Durham Cathedral Institute on what two decades of digital technology, from the smartphone to artificial intelligence, have done to how we understand ourselves and relate to each other.

“It is a good servant, but a ruinous – a peremptory – master.”
Iain McGilchrist
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The Divided Brain

Iain McGilchrist

British psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher and philosopher known for his work on brain hemisphere lateralization and its implications for how we understand reality and meaning.

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Non-duality

Direct contemplation of awareness, identity and the experience of separation.

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Durham, United Kingdom

Durham Cathedral Institute


Durham, United Kingdom

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