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" 1/marijuana boosts my creative productivity, but 2/using it in this manner requires navigating a sneaky web of landmines. "

"Normally, when you contemplate a concept, you maintain peripheral awareness of how that concept is situated in a larger network. But when you’re stoned, you lose peripheral awareness of context — you get lost inside your object of focus"

"you enter the inside of “red,” feeling the visceral harshness of blood and warning signs. The feeling of red can shake you to your core. The concept that red is a “color” among many other colors couldn’t be further out of mind."

"When you’re sober, you vet if an idea is worth pursuing based on its position in a network of related ideas. An otherwise enticing theory might fail for lack of originality or logical coherence with other proven truths."

"To take this further, an idea’s relationship with other ideas might be more important than the idea itself in judging its merits"

"Under sober scrutiny, most of my stoned ideas are old, “obvious” ideas that masqueraded as novel discoveries. Marijuana tricks me into thinking that unoriginal or logically incoherent ideas are worth pursuing. "

"It’s still hard for me to resist tweeting, slacking, or posting ideas when I’m high. I get the feeling, “This idea I’m sure has merit. I should share it now for immediate gratification!”"