Edward Slingerland

Yeah, I like a little bit of alcohol and a little bit of marijuana mixed together. It's good for writing. It's also good for performing. You know, it's like, don't give a fuck sauce.

Yeah, I like a little bit of alcohol and a little bit of marijuana mixed together. It's good for writing. It's also good for performing. You know, it's like, don't give a fuck sauce.

Yeah, I like a little bit of alcohol and a little bit of marijuana mixed together. It's good for writing. It's also good for performing. You know, it's like, don't give a fuck sauce.

We're probably getting messed up, too. Oh, you think so? It goes way back in our primate line. Yeah, there's some new data.

We're probably getting messed up, too. Oh, you think so? It goes way back in our primate line. Yeah, there's some new data.

We're probably getting messed up, too. Oh, you think so? It goes way back in our primate line. Yeah, there's some new data.

Chimpanzees are also using fermented fruit socially, so...

Chimpanzees are also using fermented fruit socially, so...

Chimpanzees are also using fermented fruit socially, so...

Well, that is one of the functions of alcohol. It reduces anxiety. It gives you, I call this function, the vacation from the self. So it gives you a kind of... little vacation from cognitive control where you're not monitoring yourself as carefully as you normally do. And that's a very important individual level effect.

Well, that is one of the functions of alcohol. It reduces anxiety. It gives you, I call this function, the vacation from the self. So it gives you a kind of... little vacation from cognitive control where you're not monitoring yourself as carefully as you normally do. And that's a very important individual level effect.

Well, that is one of the functions of alcohol. It reduces anxiety. It gives you, I call this function, the vacation from the self. So it gives you a kind of... little vacation from cognitive control where you're not monitoring yourself as carefully as you normally do. And that's a very important individual level effect.

But I also talk in the book about the social level effects of enhancing individual creativity and group innovation, enhancing cooperation, acting as a social lubricant, helping people to overcome cooperation dilemmas and trust each other in situations. So we are, what I argue in the book is, you know, we're unique individuals.

But I also talk in the book about the social level effects of enhancing individual creativity and group innovation, enhancing cooperation, acting as a social lubricant, helping people to overcome cooperation dilemmas and trust each other in situations. So we are, what I argue in the book is, you know, we're unique individuals.

But I also talk in the book about the social level effects of enhancing individual creativity and group innovation, enhancing cooperation, acting as a social lubricant, helping people to overcome cooperation dilemmas and trust each other in situations. So we are, what I argue in the book is, you know, we're unique individuals.

in the animal world in wanting to, devoting so much effort and time to altering our consciousness. We've been doing it, figuring out ways to get messed up as long as we've been doing anything in an organized fashion as a species. And that's because we're a weird species. And as you say, part of it is the consciousness, self-awareness. We know the future. We have anxieties about the future.

in the animal world in wanting to, devoting so much effort and time to altering our consciousness. We've been doing it, figuring out ways to get messed up as long as we've been doing anything in an organized fashion as a species. And that's because we're a weird species. And as you say, part of it is the consciousness, self-awareness. We know the future. We have anxieties about the future.

in the animal world in wanting to, devoting so much effort and time to altering our consciousness. We've been doing it, figuring out ways to get messed up as long as we've been doing anything in an organized fashion as a species. And that's because we're a weird species. And as you say, part of it is the consciousness, self-awareness. We know the future. We have anxieties about the future.

But we also are unusual in that we're primates, but we cooperate with an intensity and a level that looks more like social insects. And we're just not, we're more like chimpanzees than we are like termites. And yet we cooperate with strangers all the time in ways that are very puzzling. We're completely dependent on technology, which means that we're dependent on innovation.

But we also are unusual in that we're primates, but we cooperate with an intensity and a level that looks more like social insects. And we're just not, we're more like chimpanzees than we are like termites. And yet we cooperate with strangers all the time in ways that are very puzzling. We're completely dependent on technology, which means that we're dependent on innovation.