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