Island: Aldous Huxley’s Mahayana Buddhist Utopia Pt. 1 Island: Aldous Huxley’s Mahayana Buddhist Utopia Pt. 2 Although I usually try to avoid religion, instead preferring philosophy as my personal method, the concept of “open source” Buddhism seems a bit more appealing than the institutional and tradition-bound versions of the religion. The idea of unpacking a religion and extracting the wisdom from the dogma appeals to me. Of course, people love to find works that resonate with their own work, and I enjoyed these videos they contained some of the same notions found in an essay I wrote a decade ago, For those Read more »
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The Inventor of LSD Asked Steve Jobs for PR Help – Technology – The Atlantic Wire
The Inventor of LSD Asked Steve Jobs for PR Help by Rebecca Greenfield on The Atlantic Wire In life, there are some people that disappoint you, and others who exceed your expectations. Albert Hofmann and Steve Jobs are of the latter category. Here is an excerpt from this article that appeared late last year. That Steve Jobs both did LSD and was also a well respected inventor, made him a good spokesman for a drug that more often gets associated with burnt out Dead Heads. That’s why the drug’s creator Albert Hofmann reached out to Jobs for comment on how Read more »
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Give Your Mental Performance a Jolt with GoFlow tDCS
Links for this Post:GoFlow: a DIY tDCS brain-boosting kit by Sebastian Anthony on ExtremeTech Neuroscience Brain Buzz in Nature by Douglas Fox — read the article and download the PDF (image above from article) Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus by Sally Adee in the New Scientist A new way to increase mental performance is the current buzz on the Internet. Buzz is an appropriate word for tDCS short fortranscranial direct-current stimulation a method of applying electrical current directly to the brain, with promised befit the doubling of mental performance, including learning and creative problem Read more »
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Will the Next Apple iPad Have a Feel Screen?
Several hours before Apple launched is new iPad today, simply called “the new iPad,” an internet technology rumor began spreading. The rumor, apparently started by a tech blog called Pocket-Lint, in a blog post which says.Senseg hints to Pocket-lint that iPad 3 will feature its Feel technology
It turns out that the story wasn’t true, and perhaps a result of the the Finnish company called Senseg that makes the Feel technology also known as haptic touch, was using the opportunity provided by the media frenzy surrounding the iPad launch to get the word out about their innovative product.
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- Browsing the Web I Discover the Annotated Bibliography of Timothy Leary on the Open LibraryLink for this Post: Read the Annotated Bibliography of Timothy Leary at the Open Library In April 1995, I moderated a panel at an event called the Whole Life Expo in San Fransisco, California called "The Future of Consciousness." Among the panel members was Timothy Leary. There was quite a bit of attention on Dr. Leary that afternoon. Earlier in […]
- Celebrating the 69th Annual Bicycle DaySixty-nine years ago, on April 19th, 1943, the late Swiss biochemist Dr. Albert Hofmann took the first planned LSD session. This day has been celebrated by members of the psychedelic culture since the Sixties. In 1983, Dr. Thomas Roberts began calling the day, Bicycle Day and it has been celebrated with increasing enthusiasm ever since. In San Fransisco, the […]
