My sentiments. ^^
Not that people like joe rogan or anybody can't or shouldn't say what they want about whatever subject, hes free to say/publish whatever he wants. I'm fine with the ramifications of that.
But, people need to be informed about things in a manner not synonymous of the "trip to get fucked up" perspective taken, from what I've come across in his videos. People need to be aware of the risks involved regarding these substances, no matter what psych joe is talking about.
They need the facts, and while Joe can offer his own perspective of the subject, its not a scientific, or imho, HR/safety accounted for viewpoint.
Basically, to get an informed look at iboga from the perspective of someone whos never heard of it, these videos are not the place to go.
Which leads to people making misinformed decisions regarding these substances, and not realizing the dark side/harm potential psychs can offer. But to be fair, none of the ramifications of their own personal bad decisions lay blame on joe.
If they are irresponsible to take what he says (or forgets/doesn't mention) at face value and believe some of the, in a few cases, strait up misinformation and unfactual statements, made on his podcasts/radio stuff, thats their own problem.
I don't think its the right format, or place to try and inform people about iboga/etc. For people who have done independent searching of information on the subject of psychedelics, its easy to listen to his videos, and frankly put in his shoes would be embarrassed to publish such work.
But that's my opinion, i do think people don't realize there's alot of problems with factual/scientific claims made by his podcast/radio work though, and that for uninformed people, a bad face value perspective on the subject at hand. But for those who just brush up on his work while researching psychs, or have enough common sense, realize theirs alot of stuff hes presenting in an either unfactual/exaggerated manner, or fails to mention.
I don't remember hearing anything about the potential psychological risks involved with taking psychs in any of the videos/radio/podcast format publications he releases from what I've watched. You can criticize what he does, but he has every right to do it. He's not responsible for others inability to approach the subject of psychs by taking one of his shows at face value. But i'd have moral/ethical issues with releasing these shows, which are far from a good way to get a first look at what the drug is about.
Ultimately though, i guess it could be good if it teaches people to do fact checking on others statements, and be as informed as possible before taking the dive. But that's not congruent with the way many seem to use their minds these days, in general.
When it comes to promoting psychedelic use, though he holds no responsibility regarding lack of HR info/misinformed psych endorsement, he should consider mentioning it, and doing a bit of fact checking imho. Then i wouldn't see his work as merely entertainment.
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In such a society, also, our private economies will depend less upon the private ownership of real, usable property, and more upon property that is institutional and abstract, beyond individual control, such as money, insurance policies, certificates of deposit, stocks, etc. And as our private economies become more abstract, the mutual, free helps and pleasures of family and community life will be supplanted by a kind of displaced citizenship and by commerce with impersonal and self-interested suppliers...
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