Terence McKenna - Television is a Drug

[@terencemckennabitch8580]

I find it funny now how I barely watch tv anymore but spend so many hours on my phone, but without spending these hours on my phone I wouldn't get to hear McKenna's lovely voice.

[@jessemontano7321]

tv is an incredibly addictive drug...not only is it a drug, it is molding our culture.

[@BobMinelli]

2007...been T.V. free. 🕶

[@BobMinelli]

Terence McKenna PLAYLIST: kzbin.info/aero/PLhyKmLIORwWnh7IflMUxiqUTZ1iYRIo79

[@smoglessmeat]

My favorite idea or concept is that no matter what thoughts will never be material. At no point will thoughts ever be physical because they are not attached to reality. You may find a way to mimic them or even visualize and make them into audio but that thought in never was nor will be physical or tangable

[@colins1358]

well said.

[@j.l.d.g.1979]

fascinating point about modern warfare and mass media.

[@fivedollarsworth]

youtube+facebook is to our generation what cigarettes+alchohol was to our parents and grandparents

[@SteadyRedHead]

Thanks for this Omega!

[@SharkTheArdvark]

Government Offers Coupons to Help: If you decide to purchase a converter box in order to keep your analog TV working after June 12, 2009, the government's TV Converter Box Coupon Program allows U.S. households to obtain up to two coupons, each worth $40, that can be applied toward the cost of eligible converter boxes. The converter boxes are now being sold in stores across the nation. Interesting that the change was subsidized when TV is not food, health, or anything needed for life.

[@TheOmegaPointProject]

If you use it, try not to get addicted to it.

[@SteadyRedHead]

Television makes me numb to what I'm actually seeing on it. weather the violence is real or fake I am numb to it and I think it dis-empowers situations and makes them not seem as real or relevant. where as If I were to see real violence ( like someone being shot in front of me) It would really change me and make me want to do something about it. But, T.V. seems to block that receptor in my brain that takes what I'm seeing seriously. (like a drug) - thats one way I interpret my thoughts on this.

[@mink33]

Indeed, its like money- a once useful, beneficial tool that has now turned into the most corrupting medium on the planet.

[@nathanwarner2760]

my boy spittin fax or nah

[@TheMentalMKE]

Truth of Reality

[@JimBCameron]

If you actually looking for an answer to 'why?' then I'd say, that's a very long discussion about the structure of our societies & how they arose that 500 characters would hardly touch on.

[@ShouldaWaved]

I want to get all terence talks saved on something,

[@DSL-33166]

I have them saved on one of my externalhardrives... enough people have them, i doubt they will dissapear

[@samjam6883]

nice

[@Siisandor]

You've got that right, bro ;). I was just stressing it out to some people tbh.

[@ajayjoyt]

❤❤❤

[@kimberlyblood46]

Everything and anything in moderation.

[@d1kany]

You misunderstood the problem with watching TV. Not the TV itself, as a device, as a simple screen is the problem. The problem is the content being watched, the content being shown and the outcome of the behavior. The issue with the "wireless signals", or simple magnetic fields, is not evidenced yet! So too much worrying about this issue is probably worser than the issue itself. But i do recommend to avoid too many magnetic fields, regardless what is the emitter near your body for along time.

[@siobhanmulvey]

I agree and also disagree w his argument about reading and seeing. Have you ever read a good story on war and you basically feel like you’re there experiencing it all in the protagonist’s boots? Good reading can build your ability to see in the real world in some instances but I understand the point he is making.

[@colins1358]

the best chess players play their own games.

[@DSL-33166]

KZbin is the new tv

[@OdachiTetsunoko]

why?

[@DSL-33166]

I trained my eye to see as a kid, maybe its why i have an edge in perception in some respects

[@dabasketman]

I think it's worse to use your computer because you're closer to the screen...I used to watch movies with my laptop on my chest, until I noticed that I would get an irregular heartbeat. If I concentrate, I notice the same then when I place my phone over my heart. Any device sending/receiving wireless signals I think has the potential to interfere with your electromagnetic balance, in some way. TV you're farther away. In either case its mostly just conditioning, propaganda and consumerism...

[@spacelucy741]

Does anyone actually know what lecture this is from?

[@andrejlindholm9667]

Can't remember, I've heard every one of his lectures, over and over again, started about 10years ago, my short time memory is not the Best.. ::-) 🔥

[@cborgioni]

Like drugs,, not all tv is "bad". Are fictional books bad? Arent some scripted tv programs and movies just books being acted out by people?i enjoy certain programs like I enjoy certain drugs, books, philosophers etc..

[@JimBCameron]

Yup! Along with refined sugar, TV is the most insidious drug on the planet.

[@listerinestrips1156]

don't forget about methamphetamine

[@BeardThunder]

just like drugs, proper use of TV can be a very good thing. acting like TV is inherently evil is rather silly. As always, its the way humans are using it that's the problem.

[@WitchieNL]

Technically seeing is the biggest drug. Hardwired in your DNA.

[@DSL-33166]

I am familiar with mcluhans theories, i can not detox

[@vargaa86]

there is no good or bad drug mate.

[@AndrewHedlund100]

Pornography is drug

[@DarkPrinceOrgulje]

no, tv is the best thing ever

[@jimjones6431]

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[@Siisandor]

TV is a good drug. For a certain reason.

[@samjam6883]

nice