A neuroanthropologist's take on America: history, politics, religion and counterculture. Hot takes on cool topics. Cool takes on hot topics.
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Conan the Barbarian vs. Abe Lincoln
To understand what’s truly at stake in our current culture political moment, we might need to go back a few decades.
Or (since we’re slouching towards this nation’s b-day) maybe even a few centuries?
Altered States of America is a reader-...
New Name, Same Game
Hey good folks!
Just wanted to let you all know we’re tweaking the headline here to Altered States of America to better reflect our mind-bending moment and this nation’s 250th Birthday.
So stay tuned for quirky coverage of all the to...
Special Fireside Chat INVITE
Hi good people!
Wanted to invite you to a private fireside chat with me and David Deida next Tuesday at 3pm EST/Noon PST. (We’ll be doing that in place of an essay this week). And if you’re reading this here, considef yourself invited.
Su...
Rip Van Deida: The Curious Case of the Man of Nuthin’
If you’re a Millennial or Gen Xer, then you probably remember a slim but influential volume that made the rounds thirty years ago–The Way of the Superior Man.
It continued in the tradition of books like Robert Bly’s Iron John and Clarissa...
Dying to Flying
This month HBO just dropped an excellent four part series on the life and career of legendary climber Dean Potter. If you’ve heard of the Oscar winning doc Free Solo about Alex Honnold, this is about the guy who pioneered much of the ground...
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