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#004 The Trip Report's BIG IDEAS
The big questions the psychedelic renaissance will continue to ask
The BIG IDEAS is a list of topics that we believe will shape the future of the psychedelic impact. The BIG IDEAS are the nodes of the complex story of the psychedelic renaissance which we will continue to revisit again and again.
Legalization vs. Decriminalization vs. Medicalization
Death by Enthusiasm - The zealotry and overconfidence of one person, Timoty Leary, in response to his own psychedelic experience derailed research and halted momentum for a whole generation. What happens when this kind of zealotry reveals itself in mass through new media? Will long hard work of MAPS and others be sidetracked, not by an over ebullient individual, but an over ebullient industry?
Winners & Losers
Love and Fear
Tradition and Modernity
Belief and Trust