Michael Pollan

Don't miss this series of stories about the history and future of youth drug education in @denverpost by @SciPsychedelics x @ucbsoj Ferriss Fellow @tineywristwatch denverpost.com/2026/05/03/col…

Do psychedelics create a shared reality? 5 Questions with health psychologist Talea Cornelius themicrodose.substack.com/p/do-psychedel…

A Long, Strange Trip: How the G.O.P. Came to Embrace Psychedelic Drugs - The New York Times nytimes.com/2026/05/03/sci…

MAHA Awaits Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Definition of Ultraprocessed Foods - The New York Times nytimes.com/2026/05/03/bus…

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Don't miss this brilliant TED talk from @anilkseth

(FDA issues priority vouchers for psychedelics developers Compass Pathways, Usona Institute, and Transcend Therapeutics themicrodose.substack.com/p/fda-issues-p…

In case you missed it, we invited guests at @exploratorium's After Dark: Altered States to explore how psilocybin affects the brain, including through a VR experience. Michael Silver gave a talk about visual perception, followed by Gül Dölen who discussed critical periods.

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(20) What do police think about psychedelic therapy? 5 Questions for psychologist Alexandra Hopkins themicrodose.substack.com/p/what-do-poli…

Altered States' "Is It DMT? Or Is It Heaven?" has won the @TheWebbyAwards for podcast episode in Science & Education! 🎧 Listen to Altered States, Season 2, Episode 3 wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/4mOmGm4

Great coverage on Trump’s psychedelics executive order and how Texas inspired (and may benefit from) it themicrodose.substack.com/p/trumps-psych…

Check out this paradigm-shifting book on inheritance by @rkhamsi

Audio of my interview with Michael Lewis: After Words: What is conciousness? with Michael Pollan - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=_OoWBZ…

My new piece: Defending Our Consciousness Against the Algorithms nautil.us/defending-our-…

Understanding Consciousness Is More Important Than Ever | Michael Pollan - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=8QM5Tv…

Google DeepMind researcher argues that LLMs can never be conscious, not in 10 years or 100 years. "Expecting an algorithmic description to instantiate the quality it maps is like expecting the mathematical formula of gravity to physically exert weight."

Michael Pollan is one of the world’s most influential science writers. In his latest book, he turns to the nature of consciousness. In this interview, Pollan reflects on why he has come to doubt that materialism can fully account for consciousness. youtu.be/8QM5TvdYnb4

Trump plans to ease access to psychedelics like psilocybin, ibogaine washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

Michael Pollan: Social Media Sold Our Attention. We Are Now Less Conscious | Video | Amanpour & Company | PBS pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-…