Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness.
We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love, and avoid others, like loneliness. We eat specific foods to enjoy their fleeting presence on our tongues. We read for the pleasure of thinking another person's thoughts.
We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love, and avoid others, like loneliness. We eat specific foods to enjoy their fleeting presence on our tongues. We read for the pleasure of thinking another person's thoughts.
Every waking moment -- and even in our dreams -- we struggle to direct the flow of sensation, emotion, and cognition toward states of consciousness that we value.
Drugs are another means toward this end. Some are illegal; some are stigmatized; some are dangerous -- though, perversely, these sets only partially intersect.
Drugs are another means toward this end. Some are illegal; some are stigmatized; some are dangerous -- though, perversely, these sets only partially intersect.
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