A provoking exert from a Terence McKenna lecture. In which, McKenna discusses the potential dangers of ideology and the pitfalls to humanity’s conception that there is an ultimate reality to be uncovered. Perhaps the ultimate truth we are in such desperate pursuit for is not even the point at all. […]
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VR doesn’t need to look hyper-realistic for our brains to believe it. Watching someone play a game in virtual reality is a bit of a surreal experience in itself. They swing their arms around, turn their heads, and twist their bodies reacting to invisible cues all around them. From outside […]
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Video transcripts, audio files, and more on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuitofwonder Pursuit of Wonder merch & book: https://www.pursuitofwonder.com/store After stumbling across a YouTube video, a young man suddenly finds himself thinking and seeing differently. In a chain of events, this thought then leads to a sequence of new thoughts and discoveries, which […]
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