• Steve@awful.systems
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    9 hours ago

    I imagine Sam lecturing wasted teenage me at a party about the logical efficiencies of getting high on psychedelics vs beer and cigarettes. I’m trying to focus on his face while he just talks and talks and I’m teetering and sweating and he just keeps talking

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      1 day ago

      by way of a tangent, the android fucking mess there resolved in me nearly putting my computer through a window

      over the years I’ve found many reasons to dislike google, but good god that little excursion gave me a whole fresh set

  • hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world
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    You guys aren’t gonna like to hear this, but being super wealthy and successful is always going to confer some degree of cool.

    That being said it doesn’t sound like they are doing this because they think it’s fun/sexy. The users in this article all seem to frame their usage in the context of mental health. While the merits are questionable, it’s objectively better than some Wall Street exec doing coke or slamming booze. I feel like a better article would be questioning government policy that allows billionaires to experiment with psychedelics, but ensures that an actual FDA approved treatment that the average joe could access will never happen.

    I can’t help but notice these authors all exclusively focus on tech, while giving other high compensation and influential industries a pass. It really feels like a ton of journalists have a personal vendetta against tech that goes beyond the substance of any of their actions.