The move from food to psychadelics looked like this right angle turn. But there were a lot of continuities in my mind. It was about things we'd take into our bodies that change us. There's also this element of getting closer to our highest and best selves. So i do think a little bit about that too. In politics, you're often told not to get lost in the weeds, but we love the weeds. Here at the weeds, we help break down where politics becomes policy.
Michael Pollan is a contributing writer for New York Times Magazine, the host of Netflix's How to Change Your Mind, and the author of nine books. The latest is This Is Your Mind On Plants.
“I have found myself at two distinct points in my history having this transition from being the journalist, learning at the feet of these people, to becoming an advocate. And it’s an awkward role for a journalist, but at a certain point it would be kind of false to pretend you didn't have points of view, that there weren't directions in which you think the world should go. And the great thing about doing narrative nonfiction is that editors cut you a fair amount of slack at the end of a 10,000–word piece to say what you think.”
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