Our theories are the weakest part of what we say. What we're working from is the fact of an experience which we need to make sense of.

History is anomalous, and there is no way to get used to it.

Because this is the world that science built, with the henchmen of capitalism and Christianity.

We are like caterpillars contemplating pupation.

I mean everybody knows there's something wrong with the world and if you read left wing politicians or deconstructionists or thoughtful historians they will offer thoughtful critiques of our situation. But the question is, you know, the Tolstoyian question; 'What is to be done?'

It is curious that what these psychedelics do, on a scale of a community, is they release new ideas. . . . And that this is how culture moves forward. That culture is a phenomenon dependent on the generation of ideas, plans, notions, connections. So this is precisely what these compounds are doing.

Culture is a simplification and a lie. It's the currency by which fools navigate the world. Smart people get beyond it.