Originally aired as Salon #704 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. Terence McKenna on the intersection of psychedelics, computer culture, and the technological frontier.

Guest speaker: Terence McKenna [NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.] "Just because you have a nut theory it doesn't mean that you agree with other nut theories. In fact, it often makes you very hostile to them. After all, there's a limited pool there that we're all after." "Because I believe psychedelics […]

Follow Lorenzo on Patreon.com Guest speaker: Terence McKenna Date this lecture was recorded: April 1993 [NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna “And that’s what we are now, semi-human. We’re capable of enormous acts of kindness and appalling acts of brutality.” “All of our institutions have been built up on the assumption of…

Follow Lorenzo on Patreon.com Guest speaker: Terence McKenna Date this lecture was recorded: April 1993 [NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.] “I think the great overlooked factor in any model of human evolution, and indeed of evolutionary models of many other species, is we have not given enough emphases to diet.” “What…

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