#145 – Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics
from Lex Fridman Podcast
by Lex Fridman
Published: Mon Dec 14 2020
Show Notes
Matthew W. Johnson is a professor and psychedelics researcher at Johns Hopkins. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Study Website: https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
()– Introduction
()– Introduction to psychedelics
()– Psychedelics expand the mind
()– The priors we bring to the psychedelic experience
()– Elon Musk and first principles thinking
()– DMT
()– Joe Rogan and DMT
()– The nature of drug addiction
()– The economics of drug pricing
()– Should we legalize all drugs?
()– What is the most dangerous drug?
()– Does drug prohibition work?
()– Cocaine and sex
()– Risky sexual decisions
()– Psilocybin helping people quit smoking
()– Young Jamie
()– Participating in a study
()– Psychedelics and the human mind
()– The future of psychedelics
()– Neuralink
()– Consciousness
()– Panpsychism
()– Aliens and DMT
()– Mortality
()– Meaning of life