Jason Silva, a futurist, provides a ton of great examples of psychedelics being used as tools for problem solving and creativity during a Q&A at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera House in 2012. From the video:

That quote from Tom Robbins where I said that “We need to pull ourselves out of context in order to gawk in amazement at the wonders of the world.”, he was talking about psychedelics, but I think it applies to everything we in our lives.

He says, “It’s not that psychedelics manufacture wonderment or that they can automatically make us more imaginative beings, but what psychedelics does is pull us so radically out of comfort zones, they decondition our thinking, they thrust us out of everything we thought we knew about the world in order to see things as if for the first time and form new synaptic connections.

On cannabis:

Marijuana induced a state of hyper priming. It expanded their “associative net” so that they were able to make more far reaching connections...

The SeaOrbiter is a high tech moving laboratory combining ideas of space exploration with deep  sea exploration. Designed by French architect Jacques Rougerie, this craft is envisioned as a a sort of ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of aquatic research, carrying scientists on long treks through an environment not inherently friendly to human life.

So far the SeaOrbiter is still in it’s conception phase. Construction is planned to begin later this year, and if funding allows, to be completed in 2016. Initial funding has been provided by the French government, several companies, and a crowd-funding campaign.

Does it ever bum you out how hard it is to get an education, how expensive it is, how crappy our education system has become, and how folks seem to lack critical thinking skills? Never fear. This is a list of 40 educational websites for you to choose from that are completely free! Enjoy.

1. ALISON –  over 60 million lessons and records 1.2 million unique visitors per month
2. COURSERA – Educational website that works with universities to get their courses on the Internet, free for you to use. Learn from over 542 courses.
3. The University of Reddit – The free university of Reddit.
4. UDACITY – Advance your education and career through project-based online classes...

Stress and anxiety sucks. In today’s post-industrial revolution world, they’re rampant issues. People are overworked, underpaid, and expected to conform to insane realities. So what do you do if you’re feeling stressed?

1. Make time for your hobbies.

Take a little time out of each day and do something you love.

2. Eliminate distractions in the workplace.

What keeps you from getting your work done? Get rid of it if you can. Find ways around it.

3. Turn off the TV. Make time for your own thoughts.

More and more, we’re consumed by media and news and music and noise. Take some time to yourself, get rid of the constant information barrage.

4. Ask for help.

Sometimes we need it.

5. Meditate.

Inhale. Hold. Exhale your stress.

6. Live in the moment.

No use in sweating the past or freaking out about the future...

HJ: Food cravings are your body very specifically trying to tell you what nutrients it needs, so it’s important you are able to decode what it is saying.  This brilliant article shows you how.  By understanding what your body wants and then giving it just that, you can radically improve your health and wellbeing.

- Truth

You Only Crave Foods For One Reason

By Natasha Longo | Prevent Disease

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Cravings can inspire you or consume you. They can lead you down the path of ill health or encourage change in what and how you eat. Once we are tuned into all the the foods that jive with our intestinal, hormonal and physiological health, we can learn to and tweak our diet to satisfy something larger that our body requirements. Defeating recurring cravin...

Our thoughts have the power to determine our reality. To understand the working of the mind, we interviewed Dr Bruce Lipton, the stem cell biologist known for promoting the idea that genes and DNA can be manipulated by a person’s beliefs. He talks about the connection between the conscious and the subconscious mind, and its significance in our daily lives.

We are programmed to think in a certain way, to behave in a certain way right from childhood that restricts us from experiencing the life we always wanted because majority of the time (95%) according to Lipton, our life is controlled by the subconscious mind. We use our conscious mind only 5% of the times, and our conscious mind is where our desires and aspirations reside. Lets understand more about how the conscious and the subconscious run our daily lives. (Due to word constraints the interview is divided into three parts)

We live in a time where more and more, science fiction is crossing paths with science fact. Scientists have begun to ponder the creation of a ‘warp drive,’ which would be able to take us to Alpha Centauri in only 2 weeks, as opposed to 4.3 years moving at the speed of light.

The idea is that a warp drive could stretch spacetime, causing the fabric of space ahead of the spacecraft to contract, while it expands behind the craft. This would allow the ship to bend the laws of physics and move much much much faster than the speed of light.

If you could travel like that, where in the universe would you visit? Would you go to see supermassive stars? Or burgeoning planets?

One of my favorite ways to hydrate is by making water infusions – that is combing fresh, whole fruits and vegetables into water and allowing them to sit for a bit before drinking.

Freshly squeezed lemon juice

This one is the easiest and probably my favorite to do. Just squeeze half a lemon into 24 ounces of water, plop the lemon into the drink itself, and enjoy! Lemon juice aids in food digestion and is an excellent source of vitamin C, critical for good health, as well as antioxidants.

Ginger

Another favorite of mine. Ginger has been used for many centuries for treating a variety of ailments like cramping, bloating, nausea, and it also improves blood circulation and works as an anti-inflammatory. If you find yourself getting sick, ginger also works as a great anti-viral agent.

Cucumber

Cut a cucumber into small pieces and throw into a jug of water...