In spite of my nature boy, thrust in most contexts
I'm very interested in virtual reality and the idea of making the imagination explicate
Or interiorizing the exterior world
One vision that I've had of the kind of future utopia is
It opens on a world which looks like our world of 10,000 years ago
People live tribally, they are physically perfect, they're naked, they want for nothing
They appear to have no material culture whatsoever
Then when you shift your point of view so that you're inside one of these people's heads
You discover that when they close their eyes, there are menus
Hanging in space in front of them
And by glancing at these menus with a certain intensity
They are able to make their way into a culture
That is entirely three dimensionally present for them, but which nowhere impinges on the world of three dimensional space
Sort of the idea that you could have the Vatican Library installed optionally when you have dental work
I don't think this is that far-fetched I mean, a lot of money is going towards this
I'm very interested in virtual reality and the idea of making the imagination explicate
Or interiorizing the exterior world
One vision that I've had of the kind of future utopia is
It opens on a world which looks like our world of 10,000 years ago
People live tribally, they are physically perfect, they're naked, they want for nothing
They appear to have no material culture whatsoever
Then when you shift your point of view so that you're inside one of these people's heads
You discover that when they close their eyes, there are menus
Hanging in space in front of them
And by glancing at these menus with a certain intensity
They are able to make their way into a culture
That is entirely three dimensionally present for them, but which nowhere impinges on the world of three dimensional space
Sort of the idea that you could have the Vatican Library installed optionally when you have dental work
I don't think this is that far-fetched I mean, a lot of money is going towards this
The way I think of the psychedelics is
They are catalysts to the imagination
They were back 100,000 years ago
The imagination, which was just this glimmering
This iridescence on the surface of ape cognition
Was under the influence of the reciprocal feedback of self-reflection
That is created by watching your own mind
Watching your own mind
Watching your own mind
Watching your own mind
Because it has suddenly become interesting
Because it has suddenly been flooded by a psychoactive aiming, that iridescence
Has been coaxed into language, art, to architecture, music, poetry
The whole ball of whack
But now, we know these things
We can uncover the secret of our origin (of our origin)
I'm very keen for the notion of what I call the archaic revival
And the archaic revival is this overarching metaphor
That is the way for us to go to save our necks at this point
When a culture gets into trouble
Instinctively what it does is it goes back through its own past
Until it finds a moment where things seemed to make sense
And then it
They are catalysts to the imagination
They were back 100,000 years ago
The imagination, which was just this glimmering
This iridescence on the surface of ape cognition
Was under the influence of the reciprocal feedback of self-reflection
That is created by watching your own mind
Watching your own mind
Watching your own mind
Watching your own mind
Because it has suddenly become interesting
Because it has suddenly been flooded by a psychoactive aiming, that iridescence
Has been coaxed into language, art, to architecture, music, poetry
The whole ball of whack
But now, we know these things
We can uncover the secret of our origin (of our origin)
I'm very keen for the notion of what I call the archaic revival
And the archaic revival is this overarching metaphor
That is the way for us to go to save our necks at this point
When a culture gets into trouble
Instinctively what it does is it goes back through its own past
Until it finds a moment where things seemed to make sense
And then it
I should make it clear, you know, I don't believe this stuff
I find believing in these high-flown, complicated, synthetic systems to come off sort of like pathology
So, I entertain ideas
But I don't give the leaf over
What I do
I'm a meme spreader (meme spreader)
What, what I do
I'm a meme spreader (meme spreader)
What, what, what I do
I'm a meme spreader (meme spreader) (meme spreader) (meme spreader)
A meme replicator
Naturally, this question arose in our group
Why us? Why us?
Why are the aliens revealing the unified field theory of space and time to us?
And the mushroom just replied without hesitation
"Because you don't believe in anything"
And that apparently, is what's required (what's required) (what's required)
Do y'all know that Van Morrison song about no guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and me and nature in the garden? (In the garden?)
I think that's actually where it's at
I find believing in these high-flown, complicated, synthetic systems to come off sort of like pathology
So, I entertain ideas
But I don't give the leaf over
What I do
I'm a meme spreader (meme spreader)
What, what I do
I'm a meme spreader (meme spreader)
What, what, what I do
I'm a meme spreader (meme spreader) (meme spreader) (meme spreader)
A meme replicator
Naturally, this question arose in our group
Why us? Why us?
Why are the aliens revealing the unified field theory of space and time to us?
And the mushroom just replied without hesitation
"Because you don't believe in anything"
And that apparently, is what's required (what's required) (what's required)
Do y'all know that Van Morrison song about no guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and me and nature in the garden? (In the garden?)
I think that's actually where it's at
The genius of the crowd
(Akira)
There is enough
Treachery, hatred, violence, absurdity
In the average human being
To supply any given army on any given day
Any given army on any given day
And the best at murder
Are those who preach against it
And the best at hate
Are those who preach love
And the best at war
Finally
Are those who preach peace
[Chorus]
Those who preach God
Need God
Those who preach peace, do not have peace
Those who preach love, do not have love
Beware the preachers
Beware the knowers
(Akira)
There is enough
Treachery, hatred, violence, absurdity
In the average human being
To supply any given army on any given day
Any given army on any given day
And the best at murder
Are those who preach against it
And the best at hate
Are those who preach love
And the best at war
Finally
Are those who preach peace
[Chorus]
Those who preach God
Need God
Those who preach peace, do not have peace
Those who preach love, do not have love
Beware the preachers
Beware the knowers
[Intro]
The question, I guess, that keeps coming up to me was
What are we supposed to do?
Well, I keep saying
De-emphasize anxiety
Reassure people
You meet people who say, "You know, I'm really scared"
I'm - I'm scared about my job
I'm scared, scared, scared
Scared, scared, scared
You know
[Chorus]
Don’t worry!
You don't know enough to worry
That's God's truth
Don't worry
Who do you think yo
The question, I guess, that keeps coming up to me was
What are we supposed to do?
Well, I keep saying
De-emphasize anxiety
Reassure people
You meet people who say, "You know, I'm really scared"
I'm - I'm scared about my job
I'm scared, scared, scared
Scared, scared, scared
You know
[Chorus]
Don’t worry!
You don't know enough to worry
That's God's truth
Don't worry
Who do you think yo