I appreciate the sarcasm and believe this contribution to the informational commons to be a valuable one. Also view this as not representative of the meta set of viewpoints one should sample to form their own judgment on whether, when, how, and why not to take the very real risk of “getting one shotted by a 6D mesoamerican demon”, even if great treasure, wellbeing, and collective benefit may lay on the other side. Having experienced some small slice of the psychedelic menu, I count myself supremely fortunate that it was within a strong set, setting, and matrix (the oft forgotten third of the trinity typically reduced to a duality) of support, care, and intellectual fidelity. I cannot in good conscience recommend you take things you do not have the tools to relate to well, digest the fruits of, or integrate the nutrients these make available to you. The newly resurgent psychedelic scene has a choice to make as the medical, legal, economic, and cultural landscape once more affords it greater reach and influence. Will you, will we, operate in a manner that self-imposes strong voluntary constraints? Will this scene learn the lesson of the 60s and do this thing from an adult rather than adolescent or, even worse, insolent and childish posture? I understand that justifiable resentment of the self-identified quirky outsider (r)evolutionary may drive you into a pattern of revenge, “see I told you so”, and superiority complex. If so, I wish to entirely disassociate from that leadership amongst us. I don’t view @algekalipso as that. In fact, I view him (you) as one of the foremost leaders, motivated properly, operating with integrity, and continuously demonstrating great personal investment in the health of the social movement and its empirical and motivational grounding. However, I do believe that this historical moment in particular, and any cultural changes one wishes to proliferate into the population at large, demands of us or any leadership an ethic of care and carefulness embodied so thoroughly in our public display, word, and deed, that the only serious criticism an opponent can level against it is that they just don’t like or want it. Because if not, we shouldn’t act surprised when opposition mounts and increasingly uses more heavy handed approaches to organize resistance, up to and including the most costly, i.e. violence. And if we don’t understand those who oppose this better than they understand themselves, and if we can’t speak to them about the real benefits and serious tradeoffs that come along with the change we enact, we truly are no better than the hated dogmatists of this or that organized faith, or even the (il)liberal Greater American Empire and its irresponsible “bringing of democracy” to peoples & places that neither asked for it nor ever could sustain it without serious (and hopefully self-determined) investment in that change. And given that I’ve vaulted myself up on this high horse here, I’d reciprocally extend an invitation to you to hold me to account when I fail to operate in the manner described above. Let’s all step up our game, because live players are sorely needed, and quickly.