Mar 8, 2024
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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For links to Beiner's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind185
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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