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With Ken Kesey, the CIA had turned on exactly the wrong man. In what he aptly called “the revolt of the guinea pigs,” Kesey proceeded to organize with his band of Merry Pranksters a series of “Acid Tests” in which thousands of young people in the Bay Area were given LSD in an effort to change the mind of a generation. To the extent that Ken Kesey and his Pranksters helped shape the new zeitgeist, a case can be made that the cultural upheaval we call the 1960s began with a CIA mind-control experiment gone awry.

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

Episode AI notes 1. Success in any field requires talent, resilience, and the ability to overcome challenges. 2. Prioritizing quality over busyness leads to personal growth, self-discovery, and better performance. 3. Focusing on passion over money is crucial for creatives to remain fulfilled and aligned with their values. 4. Quality work demands time and attention, allowing for a slower, more deliberate pace if excellence is achieved. 5. Reinforcing values with rituals and routines helps individuals stay connected to what they care about.

Ep. 291 — Do Better, Do Less

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

A “rich environment” is a combination platter of novelty, unpredictability, and complexity—three elements that catch and hold our attention much like risk. Novelty means both danger and opportunity. To our forbearers, a strange scent in the wind could be prey or predator, but either way it paid to pay attention. Unpredictability means we don’t know what happens next, thus we pay extra attention to what happens next. Complexity, when there’s lots of salient information coming at us at once, does more of the same.

The Rise of Superman

Steven Kotler

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