Status Updates From Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's T...

TIL the cia paid researchers in secret because they wanted to know if they could weaponize lsd

i feel dumb as shit reading this but i am determined to trudge onwards

So far, this book is erudite and breezy. Has helped me remember how fascinating and necessary history is. Knowing where you’ve been makes where you are and where you might go much more textured and intelligible. I’ve heard it said knowing history is preventive ethics. I think knowing history can also help trade error for wisdom through context. For psychiatry — for any domain — that’s very good indeed.