Evolutionary Agents

by Timothy Leary

This heady illustrated collage is supposedly written by past and future “agents” but is actually authored by Leary himself. Memos addressed to "All Evolutionary Agents on Planet Earth" and Leary's theories of terrestrial and postterrestrial "circuits" guiding human destiny complete the picture. In Leary's view, DNA will evolve to take humankind from Earth to space, with a simultaneous advance in intelligence. This vision of a positive, paradisiacal future is one of the most challenging in countercultural thought.

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2004

About the author

Timothy Francis Leary was an American writer, psychologist, futurist, modern pioneer and advocate of psychedelic drug research and use, and one of the first people whose remains have been sent into space. An icon of 1960s counterculture, Leary is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of LSD. He coined and popularized the catch phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."

Reviews

[Michal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Po legendzie Leary'ego spodziewałem się większej rewolucji, a tu trochę bełkot człowieka naćpanego produktami swego umysłu nie poddanymi żadnej krytyce. Ciekawe, że w swym zaślepieniu nie był w stanie dostrzec, że jego teoria o kierunku ewolucji ze wschodu na zachód trochę kuleje, bo przecież dla Azji Ameryka leży na wschodzie ;) A że historia kołem się toczy...

[42 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Moonshine got him. Yet another giant on acid judged by ants.