In the information-communication civilization of the 21st Century, creativity and mental excellence will become the ethical norm. The world will be too dynamic, complex, and diversified, too cross-linked by the global immediacies of modern (quantum) communication, for stability of thought or dependability of behaviour to be successful.
Timothy LearyOne cannot evolve from one's robothood until one realizes how totally one has been robotized.
Timothy LearyBy drop out, I mean to detach yourself from involvement in secular, external social games.
Timothy LearySurfers are the โthrow-aheadsโ of mankind, not the dregs; they arenโt the black sheep of humanity, but the futurists and they are leading the way to where man ultimately wants to be. The act of the ride is the epitome of โbe here nowโ, and the tube ride is the most acute form of that. Which is: your future is right ahead of you, the past is exploding behind you, your wake is disappearing, your footprints are washed from the sand. Itโs a non-productive, non-depletive act thatโs done purely for the value of the dance itself. And that is the destiny of man.
Timothy Leary