Should everyone take psychedelics? | Big Questions with Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan joins us at Penguin to answer some Big Questions on the power of caffeine, the war on drugs, and curing addiction with psychedelics. Order your copy of 'This Is Your Mind on Plants' here: https://amzn.to/3TZ0lCu
Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate, calm, or completely alter the qualities of our mental experience. In This Is Your Mind On Plants, Michael Pollan explores three very different drugs - opium, caffeine and mescaline - and throws the fundamental strangeness of our thinking about them into sharp relief. Exploring and participating in the cultures that have grown up around these drugs, while consuming (or in the case of caffeine, trying not to consume) them, Pollan reckons with the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants, and the equally powerful taboos.
In a unique blend of history, science, memoir and reportage, Pollan shines a fresh light on a subject that is all too often treated reductively. In doing so, he proves that there is much more to say about these plants than simply debating their regulation, for when we take them into our bodies and let them change our minds, we are engaging with nature in one of the most profound ways we can. This ground-breaking and singular book holds up a mirror to our fundamental human needs and aspirations, the operations of our minds and our entanglement with the natural world.
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Michael Pollan joins us at Penguin to answer some Big Questions on the power of caffeine, the war on drugs, and curing addiction with psychedelics. Order your copy of ‘This Is Your Mind on Plants’ here: https://amzn.to/3TZ0lCu
Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate, calm, or completely alter the qualities of our mental experience. In This Is Your Mind On Plants, Michael Pollan explores three very different drugs – opium, caffeine and mescaline – and throws the fundamental strangeness of our thinking about them into sharp relief. Exploring and participating in the cultures that have grown up around these drugs, while consuming (or in the case of caffeine, trying not to consume) them, Pollan reckons with the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants, and the equally powerful taboos.
In a unique blend of history, science, memoir and reportage, Pollan shines a fresh light on a subject that is all too often treated reductively. In doing so, he proves that there is much more to say about these plants than simply debating their regulation, for when we take them into our bodies and let them change our minds, we are engaging with nature in one of the most profound ways we can. This ground-breaking and singular book holds up a mirror to our fundamental human needs and aspirations, the operations of our minds and our entanglement with the natural world.
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I love this man
Psychedelics helped me get rid of anxiety, depression and illicit pill addiction. They really helped me
Keep trying my dude and you’ll meet god soon enough
Finally someone who doesn’t omit the psychological risks of psychedelics
For anyone having a bad trip I have three tips.
1. Sit in a lotus position
2. Try to sing.
3. If you're afraid think of something Holy. Angels,Jesus, Gaia.
If a psycadelic drug is not habit forming than a psycitrist giving a single dose of said substance under controled conditions to help somone with severe issues should be legal if its more likely to help than to harm
If you're drinking more than 7 cups of coffee a day, your problem isn't the caffeine, just as psychedelics will not help people in chronically bad social and economic situations. Pollan's entire argument rests on a sample of users who are economically and psychologically stable. Can boomers please shut up and go away.
A good man. And thorough.
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6:50 – Wish my dad would listen to that, he is one of those guys who says he can have an espresso and go to sleep, I've told him that it might be true but he is not getting real quality, deep sleep. Unfortunately not only he has never listened to me, he is extremely biased against psychedelics so I can't refer this video to him. This is great, thanks for sharing, Mike Pollan's interesting insight about the responsible, medically supervised therapeutic use of psychedelics.
Disgusting all this is tested on animals who have no say in the matter. What does it have to do with humans. Humans interventions and drugs should be tested on humans. If not 'ethical' for humans thwn its not ethical to be done on animals either!!!
It's so beautiful how people keeps talking so many good things about psychedelics. Everyone focused on how magical shrooms can change their lives..I haven't tried them yet but there are definitely on my list of “must do”;) just looking for a reliable source.
LSD fries your brain. It's the most dangerous drug imaginable, heroin just kills you, what LSD does is much, much worse. Syd Barrett? Peter Green? All it takes is one huge dose and you're done for life. Magic mushrooms, on the other hand are transformative and the only high in existence with no come down. In fact, you feel refreshed the next day.
calm and informative, really enjoyed it
My only critique of this video is that you don't read the questions out loud. I love listening to these videos while working and it's nice to know what question he's answering ☺️