Prescription Ecstasy and Other Pipe Dreams

Here's an interesting interview on the status of psychedelic drug research worldwide called Prescription Ecstasy and Other Pipe Dreams. From the article:

"If MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) has its way, the days of prescription psychedelics may not be too far away. For those who know the history of psychedelic research, this eventuality has been a long time coming. But others — who may only be familiar with the intense emotions and activities around the “War On Drugs” over the past several decades — may be surprised to learn how much progress MAPS has made.

Jag Davies is the Director of Communications for MAPS, a non-profit research and education organization that assists scientists to design, obtain approval for, fund, conduct and report on research into the healing and spiritual potentials of psychedelics and marijuana. He joined Steve Robles, Jeff Diehl and myself on The RU Sirius Show."

Sænk Aldrig Farten

Sænk aldrig farten - Interview ved Anna Libak, Weekendavisen nr. 5, 2.-8 februar 2007 med Anders Fogh Jensen:

"Samfundsdiagnose. Det er aldrig for sent at blive en succes. Eller en fiasko. Derfor må man konstant holde sig i gang. Samtale med filosoffen Anders Fogh Jensen om projektsamfundet."

Psykologi Blog

Jeg vil gerne lave en lille reklame for den nye blog Psykologi - nyheder og perspektiver fra teori og praksis. Den er startet sidst i januar, og virker professionel i sit indhold.

ThrowawayyourTV - Full-Length Documentaries

ThrowawayyourTV is hosting this very impressive collection of full-length documentaries. Take advantage.

Choose With Great Care

Happiness

"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."

Chuang-Tzu (350 B.C.)

Lauren Hill Racist

I can't believe people believe this ****. Lauren Hill never said anything racist in any interview, MTV or otherwise. Seriously - if she did, it would be everywhere on the net. Here's a short article on the history of the rumor.

Please. Treat unsubstantiated facts as fiction.

"Claim: During an MTV interview singer Lauryn Hill said, "I would rather die/have my children starve than have a white person buy one of my albums."

Status: False.

Origins: In 1996 a caller to the Howard Stern show claimed Lauryn Hill of The Fugees made anti-white statements during an MTV interview, to the effect that she rather see her child starve than have a white kid buy her album."

Psilocybin

Klubværelset på P1 handler i denne omgang om de euforiserende psilocybin-svampe. Denne her udsendelse er, så vidt jeg kan huske, det bedste jeg nogensinde har set og hørt i de danske medier om emnet! Jeg troede ikke, at man kunne komme så langt omkring emnet på så kort tid. Godt gået, Rasmus-mayn.

Nedenfor en lille time-lapse video af hjemmedyrk.

...and Learn to Love the Internet

Douglas Adams, brilliant author of the hilarious novel The Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe, wrote the article How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet in 1999. Besides being funny and insightful, it provides good answers to the very irritating statement "you can't trust everything you find on the net".

Helmet Social Psychology

This study from Bath University suggests wearing a helmet might make a collision more likely. Interesting.

7 Reasons the 21st Century Is Making Us Miserable

I think this article, 7 Reasons the 21st Century Is Making Us Miserable by David Wong, is splendid. No less. It hit me in the soft ribs, and I think it concerns plenty other people in this here world as well.

The Century of the Self

I cannot recommend highly enough the documentary 4-part BBC series The Century of the Self. It tells the fascinating and scary story of the use of public relations as a means to public management. The quality of the video is low, but I think the content makes up for it.

Fear

"He who fears that he shall suffer,
already suffers what he fear."

Michel de Montaigne

Go Berkeley!

Another sweet source of information here at ddavid.dk - Where Information Comes to Hang Out. Berkeley University of California has been so kind as to put online podcasts of series of lectures. You will find both audio and video, and you will find it here.

Den menneskelige psyke

P1 har lavet 10 udsendelser om Den menneskelige psyke. God ide.

Niklas Luhman

Mange er af den opfattelse, at Niklas Luhman har noget at byde på, men er ret kringlet at læse - grænsende til det umulige. Hvis du bare gerne vil have en ide om, hvad det er, det handler om, kan denne udsendelse fra P1, hvor Sociologen Ole Bjerg fortæller om Luhmans tænkning, hjælpe.

Excess

"The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness."

Friedrich Nietzsche

Pleasures

"That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest."

Henry David Thoreau

Selvrealisering

P1-magasinet Eksistens har lavet udsendelsen Selvrealisering. Udsendelsen ser kritisk på begrebet, og sætter lys på nogle interessante konsekvenser af selvudviklingstankegangen.

Reality as Subversion

Douglas Rushkoff har skrevet artiklen Reality as Subversion. Jeg har læst den. Jeg kunne godt lide den.

Frontline: The Plea

Dokumentaren The Plea er produceret af de dygtige folk fra Frontline på den amerikanske tv-station PBS. Citat om udsendelsen fra sitet:

"Nearly 95% of all cases resulting in felony convictions never reach a jury. They are settled through plea bargains in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence. But what are the implications of a system that relies on pleas to expedite justice?"

Jeg synes, den er et af de mere rystende eksempler på, hvordan det amerikanske retssystem fungerer. Udsendelsen kan streames fra programmets site. Vær opmærksom på, at siden har høj trafik. Min indtryk er, at trafikken tager til i løbet af dagen - om aftenen og natten er det tit umuligt at streame derfra.