"From this [the left hemisphere's] point of view, the group (interconnectedness) is a potential threat to individuality, tolerated by an amalgam of wary aliens, who concede co-operation within it only for the personal benefit that it yields." p. 255f
"The atomistic nature of our individuality [...] Instead of seeing great art as an indication of what humanity (interconnectedness) can achieve, it comes to be seen as an expression of what another being, a potential competitor, has achieved." p. 444