Comments by "Technolus" (@technolus5742) on "Why Elon Musk and Other Tech Leaders Take Psychedelics | WSJ Tech News Briefing" video.

  1. Because many of these substances have been demonized but they do have benefits. Creativity especially is incredibly important. Personally it helps me with decision making, to break out of patterns of thinking and consider a broader spectrum of possibilities. That helps me with my work and with my personal/entrepreneurial projects.
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  2. ​ @TaataGeo  of course they are.
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  3. Just googled it, apparently there is no other case like it. That puts it at 1 to 30 million (in the US alone, let alone worldwide), and it's worth noting this person consumed a very high amount of a potent halucinogen while also consuming alcohol, and had a history of concussions and depression. So this is an incredibly unlikely occurrence under pretty extreme circumstances, contracting with the near totality of cases where it is harmless. Is driving a car recreationally worth it, even if it is more dangerous than this? Most people seem to implicitly say yes and hardly pay any mind to unlikely events.
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  4. People should not be going to jail over this, that's what is wrong. Saying these approaches are not required is not really an argument to keep people in jail over this. And while it can be said that these drugs are not necessary, they do produce demonstrable increases in creativity and in ability to process trauma. No use denying there can be benefits either.
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  5. No one is saying they are not natural. Natural does not mean safe nor good. There is a case to be made for these drugs, it's silly to really on fallacies to defend that.
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  6. That is a funny quip, but false.
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  7.  @sterlingmarshel6299  tell that to the many thousands of people getting arrested for possession in texas
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  8. I do wonder what she is working on. A couple days ago she was interviewed in the field, so she does seem to be working.
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  9. It's the same, these people like many others are just not caught. The issue is when in certain districts the police use minor drug charges to target and harass people and to arrest to investigate and search in circumstances that would otherwise not be permitted.
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  10. Talking about it is not illegal. Not for them, not for anyone else.
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  11.  @elizabethhurtado2829  it is a lie, one that glosses over the actual reasons people are using these substances.
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  12.  @elizabethhurtado2829  elites? Its not just the elites. Workers do it too. People trying to improve their life, to increase their abilities to aid them in some effort they are undertaking. Not sure what any of this has to do with your kids. Most likely it has nothing to do with them, I suppose you are simply worried because maybe your kids for some unrelated reason have used drugs or been affected by someone who does. Hardly anything to do with people trying to increase their productivity in a generally responsible way. In any case, sorry to hear you and your family have had trouble.
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  13.  @QuizmasterLaw  These people are generally not addicts.
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  14. It's not just rich people, and it's hardly a secret that people like Steve Jobs did it before they were rich and famous.
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  15. And that's why anyone drinks alcoholic beverages, because they are addicts.
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