Terence McKenna On Cyber Culture — DOP

Terence McKenna
On Cyber Culture

August 21 2013

Terence McKenna‘s world of thought is hard to access without understanding English. Translated or subbed lectures are very rare. So this short presentation on Cyber Culture is special because it comes with a live German translation.

McKenna’s offers far-sighted perspectives on the cyber punk culture and virtual reality. I miss this kind of utopian thinking these days. Where are we heading for with our technology? What could be a positive ultimate goal of it? I agree that technology is only an transient state to telepathy and running naked through the green.

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