How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense Of The Meta-Crisis | Alexander Beiner ~ ATTMind 185

08-03-2024 • 1 hr 43 mins

Alexander Beiner joins us to explore how psychedelics can help us make sense of the meta-crisis.

This includes topics like complexity tolerance and the overwhelming deluge of information in modern digital life; “How” and “why” we solve a problem is as important as the “what” of the solution itself; the mythological impact of sci-fi narratives on identity and perception; and whether AI will become a new god.

Additionally, we speak on extended-state DMT (DMTx) and interacting with entities; overlaps in the perceptual impact of phenomena like DMT entities and UAPs; and emotionally managing the potential of our world slowly declining into a nightmare dystopian future.

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Episode Breakdown

(0:00) Opening
(1:24) Guest bio
(4:52) Patreon Thanks
(5:41) Interview begins | the impact of sci-fi narratives on identity and perception
(14:48) Technology for a friction-free life and the differing mythological impacts of Star Wars vs Star Trek
(19:22) How psychedelics can help us make sense of the meta-crisis
(25:28) Spheres of agency and how psychedelics have helped Beiner navigate crisis, personally
(28:49) Complexity tolerance and the overwhelming deluge of information in modern digital life
(32:38) Uncertainty tolerance, games, and prayer
(39:31) The importance of certain conceptual knowledge to access the benefits of psychedelics
(46:54) “How” and “why” we solve a problem is as important as the “what” of the solution itself
(1:01:00) The potential cultural (and cult) impact of AI | will AI become a new god?
(1:13:58) Extended-state DMT (DMTx) and interacting with entities | were they real?
(1:20:12) The impact of DMT entities and UAPs on how we understand where our solutions might come from
(1:31:17) How emotional resonance tricks us into believing thing that aren’t true
(1:33:17) The potential of our world slowly declining into a nightmare dystopian future
(1:39:39) Follow-up links for Beiner’s substack, book, and audiobook
(1:41:32) Outro