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I have always been fascinated by the intersection of technology and psychedelic use. As in, that I feel as if a higher percentage of those of us in the tech spa
by rsuelzer 12y ago
I have always been fascinated by the intersection of technology and psychedelic use. As in, that I feel as if a higher percentage of those of us in the tech space have experimented with these drugs than in other fields. Although, this observation is purely anecdotal.
I think that I read a good article about this intersection but I am having a hard time finding it.
These comments remind me how out-of-touch society is about who actually uses psychedelics. My educated guess is everyone here who has admitted to their past or current use of psilocybin/lsd/etc is a highly intelligent and "productive" member of society. I wonder if a tipping point on the stigma around these drugs will be reached in our lifetime, of if the exploration of our own consciousness will continue to be forbidden.
- rsuelzer 12y agoThis may have been the article I read: http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/25/technology/lsd-psychedelics-silicon-valley/ http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/25/technology/lsd-psychedelics-...
- ioseph 12y agoA fantastic book I'm reading at the moment on the parallel history of tech and psychedelic experimentation is: What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry
- briandear 12y agoThere's an excellent book by Timothy Leary he wrote right before he died about cyber culture and LSD; makes the same point. That book is what planted the seed for me: computers and their communities as shared consciousness. I can't remember the title but it connected rave culture hacker culture and such with a very convincing line of thought.