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Terence Mckenna - Culture is your operating system

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Consciousness & cognitionPhilosophy & ethicsPsychology & human behavior

What it is

A short edited excerpt of Terence McKenna arguing that culture acts as an operating system for the mind, set to imagery and music. It touches on psychedelics and how they change thinking.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as the origin of the 'culture/philosophy as operating system' metaphor and as a quick introduction to McKenna's ideas.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2009, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “the man was pretty much a living god”

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    Alex3917, 2009-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Apple brainwashing: How we do it”

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Topics: terence mckenna, psychedelics, culture, consciousness, philosophy

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