Lecture in San Francisco
Jonathan
May 24, 20261987San Francisco, CA
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In this footage from a lecture in San Francisco in 1987, Leary discusses the 1960's, Abbie Hoffman, Eldridge Cleaver, DEA, Dennis Hopper, Apple Computers, Cyber Punk, and the Cybernetic 21st Century.
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The transcript is a wide-ranging, highly rhetorical talk linking the 1960s counterculture to drug policy, media, and later technological change. It argues that psychedelics, quantum physics, and personal computers all helped people move toward greater individuality and control over their own minds and screens.
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