Déjà Vu: What happens when the next frontier of technology is you?
During the Cold War, governments experimented with mind control through programs like MK-Ultra. Today, more subtle technologies—from AI to non-invasive brain stimulation—raise the same unsettling question: when technology can shape minds, who decides how far is too far?
Then and Now; Now and Then
A look at how America’s confidence in the 1950s—shaped by postwar triumph and fear of communism—compares to today’s swirling anxieties about technology, politics, climate, and truth itself. Inspired by Gordon Wasson’s 1957 Life article and reflected through the lens of Her Magic Mushroom Memoir, this post explores how our points of view shift across eras and why noticing those shifts matters.