#98 Proactive change
Change is going to happen whether you like it or not; the question is whether you want to initiate that change rather than change happen to you.
#97 Phenomenology for Psychedelic Researchers
It seems odd that philosophers, particularly those studying consciousness, rarely speak about chemically altered states.
#96 Drugs: medicine or poison?
How do we know whether a drug is a medicine or a poison? There’s a fine line between the two categories, likely dependent on dosage.
#95 My impression of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (2021)
My impression of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (2021), including thoughts on technology, consciousness, and vision-producing drugs.
#94 Another post-pandemic roaring 20s
How might history repeat itself in the roaring 20s of the 21st century, the roaring 2020s, and what roles are psychedelics going to play?
#93 The trip’s not real until you book your ticket
After buying your ticket, there’s a mental part of you already there, as if your future self is there and is expecting your present self to arrive.
#92 Biopiracy of indigenous people’s psychoactive substances
Biopiracy and psychedelics: to what degree should Western pharmaceutical companies fairly compensate indigenous peoples?
#91 Otherworldly embassies, stock exchanges, and general meeting points
Contact and communication with other realms will have to become structured, normalized, and repeated for what comes after initial contact.
#90 Hyperdimensional calling cards on Earth and elsewhere
Do all carbon-based ecosystems produce visionary compounds as a kind of “calling card” to contact and communicate with other sentient beings?
#89 Lawyered up
I highly recommend working with Plant Medicine Law Group if you work with psychedelics in any way. Cover those bases!