Silicon Valley professionals are taking LSD at work to increase productivity

[Origanalist]

Silicon Valley professionals are taking LSD at work to increase productivity
An increasing number of twenty-somethings are reportedly 'micro-dosing' on psychedelic drugs - and they say it's making them better workers

By Adam Boult3:35PM GMT 26 Nov 2015

Could taking LSD at work make your more productive?

It seems unlikely, but that’s apparently what some Silicon Valley professionals have been doing - and reporting great results.
According to Rolling Stone, a growing number of people are experimenting with "microdoses" of psychedelics to help them work.
A microdose of LSD is around 10-15 micrograms, approximately a tenth of a “normal” dose.

At that dosage, Rolling Stone describes the drug’s effects as “subperceptual”: " 'Enough, says Rick Doblin, founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, ‘to feel a little bit of energy lift, a little bit of insight, but not so much that you are tripping.’”

Psychedelics researcher Dr James Fadiman discussed microdosing with Vice, saying: ‘People do it and they’re eating better, sleeping better, they’re often returning to exercise or yoga or meditation. It’s as if messages are passing through their body more easily.”
“But what many people are reporting is, at the end of the day, they say, ‘That was a really good day.’ You know, that kind of day when things kind of work.”
“You’re doing a task you normally couldn’t stand for two hours, but you do it for three or four. You eat properly. Maybe you do one more set of reps. Just a good day. That seems to be what we’re discovering.”

continued...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ductivity.html

[dannno]

[Indy Vidual]

The Grateful Dead fans did gather out there this summer, so the locals had a chance to stock up. How will people buy more next year?

[dannno]

The Grateful Dead fans did gather out there this summer, so the locals had a chance to stock up. How will people buy more next year?

All the best LSD I've ever gotten came from the bay area.

[timosman]

All the best LSD I've ever gotten came from the bay area.

Now we only need to couple it with a clever marketing scheme. ........ Profit!

[osan]

That's what employers need... machinists manning large equipment on acid...

[timosman]

That's what employers need... machinists manning large equipment on acid...

No, no, no. These machinists have extremely high IQs and would never fall for something as trivial as this.

[pcosmar]

That's what employers need... machinists manning large equipment on acid...

Ok,, it has been years.. But that micro dose would be so light as to be barely noticeable..

LSD is some interesting stuff,, originally used for breaking addiction.
CIA experimented with it,, but it was a failure for their purposes.

I like a much higher dose.. I just start feeling a little at 100 m,, I like 2000m

Most done 4500m,, but that was intense.

[navy-vet]

There could definitely be something to this IMO. There is a shift in perception that allows one to see reality from a position that is indeed "outside of the box".
It's been many years now but my experiences in exploring this area, was most profound with salvia divinorum.
Now that stuff is extremely odd...and takes the mind to a place that is literally "somewhere, over the rainbow"...
Actually, I believe it is in the void between life and death to be honest.

[navy-vet]

There could definitely be something to this IMO. There is a shift in perception that allows one to see reality from a position that is indeed "outside of the box".
It's been many years now but my experiences in exploring this area, was most profound with salvia divinorum.
Now that stuff is extremely odd...and takes the mind to a place that is literally "somewhere, over the rainbow"...
Actually, I believe it is in the void between life and death to be honest.

For me, that void was the same one that I was in when I was placed on a heart lung by pass machine a few years ago.

[navy-vet]

I know what "salvia gravity" is too...

[PaulConventionWV]

This reads like one of those, "Controversial new smart-drug is so good it raises ethical questions" advertising articles.

[dannno]

That's what employers need... machinists manning large equipment on acid...

Clearly what we need is people like you who have no comprehension of the subject telling other people what they should do.