tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4355707604967157076..comments2024-03-18T23:08:20.960-05:00Comments on Althouse: "He told a reporter that taking LSD was one of the two or three most important things he had done in his life."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14785579378611024732011-10-11T02:47:39.221-05:002011-10-11T02:47:39.221-05:00Huxley's theory in this short story is express...Huxley's theory in this short story is expressed in the title is that these drugs relax the "doors of perception. <br /> (www.dglaw.org)johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264601095142287949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31964582667084196772011-10-07T11:25:45.872-05:002011-10-07T11:25:45.872-05:00Why am I not surprised that the bulk of the Althou...Why am I not surprised that the bulk of the Althouse commentariat has dropped acid?<br /><br />Michael Malone's remembrance of Jobs, which is not all hearts and flowers, maps pretty well to my own:<br /><br />http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/steve-jobs-an-unexpected-appreciation/blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14009889451907439132011-10-06T20:42:59.109-05:002011-10-06T20:42:59.109-05:00And it does so on what seems to be a permanent bas...And it does so on what seems to be a permanent basis. It seems to cause a lot of new connections to be made in the brain that stay there after it has worn off.crosspatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202499155608563500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52474569792665870572011-10-06T20:40:21.669-05:002011-10-06T20:40:21.669-05:00"I would say LSD enables your mind to serious..."I would say LSD enables your mind to seriously consider ideas that were there all along, but your normal conscious mind always pushes them to the rear."<br /><br />On thing I believe it did for me was help me think "outside the box" a little. It seems I could arrive at unconventional solutions that might never have otherwise occurred to me or might in general be considered a "bad" solution but in that specific case, perfect for the situation.<br /><br />It is very difficult to describe exactly what it did, but one thing I am fairly sure of is that it enhanced the part of the mind that engages in abstract thought. So a person who is pretty much a "concrete" thinker can come away from it with a much better "abstract" thought process.<br /><br />This allows one, in my opinion, to get a better grasp of "big pictures", seeing synergies that might have been missed before, and noticing problems in complex systems where a problem in one part of the system manifests in a completely different part of the system. It enhances the ability to "see" (for lack of a better word) how a lot of things fit together and allows one to be more creative by enhancing the ability to visualize an end goal and create it.<br /><br />It is extremely difficult to explain exactly but that is as close as I can come with the words I can find. In general, it enhances abstract thought.crosspatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202499155608563500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45856941093336217422011-10-06T14:41:13.845-05:002011-10-06T14:41:13.845-05:00So did Owsley effect more people's lives than ...So did Owsley effect more people's lives than Jobs?cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443235891957402834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43558627993767706002011-10-06T12:13:38.712-05:002011-10-06T12:13:38.712-05:00I did shrooms twice and loved them.
Any experienc...<i>I did shrooms twice and loved them.</i><br /><br />Any experience that starts off by barfing up your guts is a non starter for me.<br /><br />I did acid back in the day, and I must agree with Jobs. It changed the way that I see things and hear things ...forever.<br /><br />Some 'trips' were good: fun, beautiful, enlightening, mind expanding.<br /><br />Some were not: dark and scary, obsessive experiences.<br /><br />Both types were important and illustrative.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91070418936605221772011-10-06T10:28:13.883-05:002011-10-06T10:28:13.883-05:00DADvocate,
For me, whitewater kayaking and truly ...DADvocate,<br /><br /><i>For me, whitewater kayaking and truly thinking I might die a few times enriched my life much more than taking LSD, which was simply a day of fun.</i><br /><br />And there's the difference:<br /><br />I rarely, if ever, took drugs for fun. I was almost always trying to find/make something. I didn't understand the shits-and-giggles crowd. Still don't.The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80816387285073596282011-10-06T09:44:18.421-05:002011-10-06T09:44:18.421-05:00I would say LSD enables your mind to seriously con...I would say LSD enables your mind to seriously consider ideas that were there all along, but your normal conscious mind always pushes them to the rear.<br /><br />Having said that, I understood Steve's admission perfectly.<br /><br />If you've got a lot of buried emotional baggage you're going to have a bad trip, otherwise it can be eye opening.Levi Starkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05608821881587804877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85567203287500470102011-10-06T09:03:07.793-05:002011-10-06T09:03:07.793-05:00Re: LSD.
IMHO, the classic description of a psych...Re: LSD.<br /><br />IMHO, the classic description of a psychedelic trip remains Aldous Huxley's "Doors of Perception." Even though the drug is mescaline and not LSD. <br /><br />Huxley's theory in this short story is expressed in the title: it is that these drugs relax the "doors of perception," that is, the perceptual mechanisms that normally prevent us from being overwhelmed by details and nuances that would distract us from focusing on the Darwinian essentials of our existence.<br /><br />As with anything, what happens has a great deal to do with what one brings to the experience.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16099940931064117337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12477432528014735292011-10-06T08:11:17.492-05:002011-10-06T08:11:17.492-05:00Leave it to The Onion.Leave it to <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/panicking-apple-board-of-directors-attempt-to-rest,26264/" rel="nofollow"><i> The Onion</i></a>.gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865564381083435425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45975422576531937032011-10-06T07:58:01.644-05:002011-10-06T07:58:01.644-05:00Apple (a rich corporation) and Jobs (rich CEO) are...Apple (a rich corporation) and Jobs (rich CEO) are the forces that Occupy Wall Street wants to kill off.<br /><br />Just sayin.<br /><br />================<br /><br />LSD? Not at all surprising.Tankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187906854627334164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86429771788791634642011-10-06T07:19:25.315-05:002011-10-06T07:19:25.315-05:00Don't know anything about LSD but how refreshi...Don't know anything about LSD but how refreshing is this for a billionaire CEO:<br /><br /><i> Teary-eyed mourners left flowers in front of Jobs’s modest home at the corner of Waverly Street and Santa Rita Avenue in Palo Alto, California. Neighborhood children drew hearts with markers and left them on the ground for others to leave messages. Policemen stood watch, barricading the street. <br />“Here’s a guy who’s a billionaire and lives in a regular neighborhood, not behind a gated estate with all the security guards,” said Bruce Gee, a former Apple employee who drove up to the house from his home a couple miles away. “On Halloween, people go trick or treating there like everyone else.” </i>pm317https://www.blogger.com/profile/01817747111612402845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69133972223534709732011-10-06T06:54:44.420-05:002011-10-06T06:54:44.420-05:00Incidently, the Biopic on George Harrison on TV ri...Incidently, the Biopic on George Harrison on TV right now also talks about Harrison's LSD use and, in his own words, how important it was to his psyche.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864660386925998491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46910420517179017762011-10-06T06:52:32.006-05:002011-10-06T06:52:32.006-05:00It takes a strong mind.
The basic electricity an...It takes a strong mind.<br /> <br />The basic electricity and tension of the Flow that you see but can't verbalize.<br /><br />Are you experienced?Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864660386925998491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14986431763871329992011-10-06T06:27:00.426-05:002011-10-06T06:27:00.426-05:00LSD life-changing?
Somewhat agree. The experience...LSD life-changing?<br /><br />Somewhat agree. The experiences tend to be personal. I didn't freak out as some indicate but witnessed those who did. Not pretty.<br /><br />Mushrooms were similar but not as intense, certainly more recreational and yes, your gut would be sore afterwards from laughing your ass off. And no matter how much alcohol consumed, it never dented the shroom buzz.<br /><br />So, not in my top three. No question this man was a visionary and had some great fortune along the way. People such as Mr. Jobs always make enemies but anyone with an ego and a mission will.<br /><br />Hats off to Steve Jobs and God bless.Toad Trendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03113877205525601966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20809732077400700582011-10-06T05:10:53.866-05:002011-10-06T05:10:53.866-05:00you don't know anything about it, Herr Doktor ...you don't know anything about it, Herr Doktor Tee-shirt.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44687912783492907062011-10-06T04:50:59.642-05:002011-10-06T04:50:59.642-05:00It was not all love and kumbaya at Apple. Current...It was not all love and kumbaya at Apple. Current and former employees of Apple are quoted as saying people were terrified to ride in the elevator with Steve Jobs - for fear of being fired. <br /><br />Even true visionaries have their negative traits.Humperdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765464624483404218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65399610314489317552011-10-06T03:23:05.469-05:002011-10-06T03:23:05.469-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8174790589698540402011-10-06T03:18:21.247-05:002011-10-06T03:18:21.247-05:00Chase aka Bubba Belchamy puttng on his sunday scho...Chase aka Bubba Belchamy puttng on his sunday school act. You've done more acid than anyone here , Bubba. <br /><br />Jobs was lucky .Very lucky. A semester or two of college--like BASIC..and a calligraphy class, which he said was very important to Apple. Some say he he was mentally ill (like many geeks). Autistic billionaires. yeah.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23186251500930644472011-10-06T03:15:28.004-05:002011-10-06T03:15:28.004-05:00I agree with him and feel the same way with my LSD...I agree with him and feel the same way with my LSD experience many years ago. It isn't for everyone but I feel it was an amazingly important experience in my life.crosspatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202499155608563500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80912563239783784092011-10-06T01:46:18.003-05:002011-10-06T01:46:18.003-05:00iTunes cannot close in his honOr?
an occupation d...iTunes cannot close in his honOr?<br /><br />an occupation demand.Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81107806967548952592011-10-06T01:39:21.967-05:002011-10-06T01:39:21.967-05:00Missed you VicMissed you VicLem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85988294166633027802011-10-06T01:34:51.429-05:002011-10-06T01:34:51.429-05:00very informative, i think Jobs got more out of it ...very informative, i think Jobs got more out of it than most do, just like he did with most everything else.There are plenty of people who took LSD and Everyone has their own favorite Steve Jobs story.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264601095142287949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33568213864980911222011-10-06T00:41:39.829-05:002011-10-06T00:41:39.829-05:00Steve became the lover of Joan Baez in large measu...<i>Steve became the lover of Joan Baez in large measure because Baez had been the lover of Bob Dylan.</i><br /><br />Eeeewww. Okay, I am calling BS on that one. From the unauthorized biography, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, author Alan DeutschmanFred4Preshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574159710712259945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60040512069478121012011-10-05T23:56:54.910-05:002011-10-05T23:56:54.910-05:00Chase @ 8:20
No.
Same person doesn't necessa...Chase @ 8:20<br /><br />No.<br /><br />Same person doesn't necessarily have the same experience twice.Oligonicellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17656818633822942314noreply@blogger.com