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Michael Pollan on The Power of Plants

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The Human Impulse to Shape Consciousness

Micho polin: I was genuinely fascinated by the story he is telling about the human encounter with plants and plant substances. This is, in some way a story about human power, the human power, through trial and error, to discover what plants can do for us,. But it's also a story about the human impulse to regulate. And indeed, michael took the stants that human beings inherently seek to regulate the uses of plants to shape consciousness. He did so very much, beginning within the system and gradually moving from the newspages, as it were, to the place of advocacy. Those are takeaways that are extremely valuable to anybody who is interested not just an understanding power,

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