Chief Scientist @ BIOTA Institute, UC Santa Cruz Astrobiologist working on the science of life's origins, spacecraft design, Co-founder, Center for MINDS
My latest SubStack on the special issue of Astrobiology, and why it might signify a paradigm shift in science originating from Charles Darwin's "warm little pond" origin of life musing back in 1871: https://t.co/TMYROiW1F1
Our special collection in the journal Astrobiology is getting quite a bit of press this week. The next story is from the media team at UC Santa Cruz... https://t.co/tNso4JHXIv
My profile of Bruce Damer — computer scientist, psychonaut, astrophysicist — and how he became the first protocell during an ayahuasca trip.
Psychedelics, he told me, shape the lens of the mind. ‘Suddenly new things come into view.’
For @NautilusMag
https://t.co/TBbHv0Aw4r
Have you had an insight related to your work/hobby after taking a psychedelic (not a personal insight)? @raquelkosted, @GregFonzo, & I are running a survey backed by @centerforminds/@ferrisbuhler81 to understand such insights. It takes ~30 mins & pays $15. https://t.co/YXpoG2hdrS
Featured interview just out in the first edition of Harvest Series' new Harvest Magazine! Thanks Sophie and team for such an honor (and a beautiful 8th Harvest event in Turkey last year)..
If you’re in Denver tomorrow and attending #psychedelicscience2025 I’ll be on stage with Jim Fadiman presenting the @centerforminds and the launch of Psychedelics and the Science of Insight, researching their role as creative catalysts for science, tech, design and leadership.
25 years ago today, Terence McKenna dissolved his last boundary and left this world for the next. In honor of this "Terence Day" 2025 I'd like to share a post I penned recently about my time TM and all that happened as a result... https://t.co/waWKzedHO6
Back on The @duncantrussell Family Hour after about a decade! A lively conversation about much psychedelic history and futures.. https://t.co/g8aIELus2k
Say does anyone here on X know of a good person or company to create Wikipedia pages? My old university is looking at creating one for yours truly (never got around to this personally other than the Digibarn project).
A fun & spirited podcast with renowned instrumentalist Oteil Burbridge out now... the nexus of the creative/music world with @centerforminds and our work on insight (and a sharing of my own tale along the way)... thanks Oteil! https://t.co/9JodbleNvm