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Why tech bros worship psychedelics (and think you should too)

Why tech bros worship psychedelics (and think you should too)

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America is a deeply spiritual nation. Over 70% of us say that we
feel spiritual in some way. But – at the same time – we're getting
less religious. So for people who are spiritual-but-not-religious –
what's replacing organized religion? What do they believe – and
where does that show up in their day-to-day lives? In our new
series called Losing My Religion, It's Been a Minute is going to
find out.

This week, we're getting into psychedelics. That's an umbrella that
includes the drugs LSD, magic mushrooms, peyote, and often ketamine
and MDMA too, among others. And some of these drugs have a history
of spiritual practice spanning millennia. But there's a new group
that's really taking on the psychedelic mantle: tech bros and CEOS.
Brittany is joined by Maxim Tvorun-Dunn, PhD candidate at the
University of Tokyo, and Emma Goldberg, business reporter at the
New York Times, to discuss what it means that these drugs are
getting championed – and sometimes financially backed – by the tech
elite, and how might that affect our culture's relationship to
psychedelics as spiritual tools.

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