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Gordon Mohr | gojomo.eth ꧁ꙮꙮ꧂
@gojomo
I've always been fascinated, from afar, in these sorts of emergent belief-groups – with novel, ambitious, but often manipulative/unhealthy utopian social, psychological, & semi-religious practices. to me, part of the appeal of northern California is its history of such groups. …
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Zoe
@CurziRose
Haven't been on here much lately-- I've been working on something very important to me. It's a piece about my experiences at Leverage Research for 2.5 years. I think it contains some really important elements for others to know. Read it here: medium.com/@zoecurzi/my-e
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Gordon Mohr | gojomo.eth ꧁ꙮꙮ꧂
@gojomo
of course, such missionary/psychologically-intense scenes can & do occur without drug use. but I can't tell if here, absence of mentions genuinely means drugs weren't a factor, or topic remains sufficiently taboo/risky to remain unmentioned. so, a few (semi-)anonymous polls: …
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Gordon Mohr | gojomo.eth ꧁ꙮꙮ꧂
@gojomo
Q1/3 if you know, via involvement or nearness, of 'Leverage Research 1.0' in above posts: do you think perceptual (hallucinogens, entheogens, thc) or performance (stimulants, antidepressants, nootropics) drug use significantly contributed to positive or negative behaviors there?
  • yes, drugs contributed
    0%
  • maybe a little
    9.7%
  • no, drugs irrelevant
    22.6%
  • don't know / show results
    67.7%
31 votesFinal results
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Gordon Mohr | gojomo.eth ꧁ꙮꙮ꧂
@gojomo
Q2/3 If you answered 'yes' or 'maybe' in (1), what kind of drugs were significant factors – perceptual (hallucinogens, entheogens, thc, etc), performance (stimulants, antidepressants, nootropics, etc), or both?
  • perceptual drugs
    5%
  • performance drugs
    5%
  • both
    0%
  • neither / dunno / show
    90%
20 votesFinal results
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@gojomo
I have been close to the edges of Leverage for a while, and am close to some of the people who worked there. I got the impression drugs weren't a focal or influential thing, tho there's heavy rationalist overlap and they tend to use stuff like adderall or nootropics as a norm.
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