#102 Blurring lines: natural, artificial, legal, illegal
What do we lose and what do we gain from natural vs. artificial production and therefore consumption, and legal vs. illegal status, of drugs?
#101 The Psychonaut’s Ship
If psychedelic users are like sailors of the mind, then, what is their ship?
#100 How to write stream of consciousness
Going meta: I use the stream of consciousness writing technique to discuss how to write stream of consciousness.
#99 Purported civility within the Pale
On the purported English civility regarding the Pale in Ireland, and scientific and technological progress during the English Renaissance.
#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.