Cybernetics in Los Angeles (intro by Zach Leary)
Jonathan
May 24, 20262007Los Angeles, CA
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Video footage of a speaking engagement in Los Angeles by Timothy Leary. Introduction by Zach Leary. Leary discusses Cybernetics, LA lifestyles, Abbie Hoffman, War on Drugs, and predictions for the year 2000.
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A highly rhetorical talk celebrates West Hollywood/Los Angeles as a cybernetic, future-making culture while weaving in history, geography, and media imagery. It then shifts into a long, combative discussion of drugs, addiction, religion, politics, and apocalypse, ending with reflections on 20th-century science and quantum reality.
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