Lysergic acid diethylamide has many names such as Lucy, acid, blotter and microdots. Some regard LSD as a sacrament and others a muse. The influence of LSD in society can be seen through many facets, such as the arts and technology. LSD has been the pinnacle symbol of the counter-culture of the sixties. From the free spirited hippies at Woodstock to the psychedelic adventures of Hunter S. Thompson, LSD is the guide to what lies in-between the lines of reality. LSD is a tool that spurred the advances of technology; it has given new meaning to the way we utilize metacognition. To illustrate these two points of technology and the mind I will start with father of LSD. But first let’s elaborate on the word drug. This word won’t be used because it
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He was trying to synthesize a chemical compound from ergot that would stimulate the respiratory and circulatory system. The experiment failed to produce the results he was hoping to achieve and was discarded and forgotten. A few years later on April 16 in the year 1943, Hoffman once again tried to synthesize this elusive compound. When it crystalized into salt, he noticed a strange sensation building inside of him and figured he had grown ill from accidental ingestion (Waking Times, 2013). So Hoffman got on his bicycle and peddled through the Swiss countryside in the first documented acid trip. Later that week he composed a note to his boss explaining his sudden departure…“In a dream-like state, with eyes closed (I found the daylight to be unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors” (Shroder, …show more content…
Although he doesn’t remember most of what happened on the other side, he remembers the feelings produced from that other spectrum. Without the influence of LSD, the world would be IPhoneless and technology would have no foundation without the Apple 1, the first personal computed invented by Jobs. Picture a society that was not latched onto every new gizmo produced by Apple. Our world would be full of people looking straight ahead and engaging in a friendly smile instead feverishly fiddling with their portable
He was trying to synthesize a chemical compound from ergot that would stimulate the respiratory and circulatory system. The experiment failed to produce the results he was hoping to achieve and was discarded and forgotten. A few years later on April 16 in the year 1943, Hoffman once again tried to synthesize this elusive compound. When it crystalized into salt, he noticed a strange sensation building inside of him and figured he had grown ill from accidental ingestion (Waking Times, 2013). So Hoffman got on his bicycle and peddled through the Swiss countryside in the first documented acid trip. Later that week he composed a note to his boss explaining his sudden departure…“In a dream-like state, with eyes closed (I found the daylight to be unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors” (Shroder, …show more content…
Although he doesn’t remember most of what happened on the other side, he remembers the feelings produced from that other spectrum. Without the influence of LSD, the world would be IPhoneless and technology would have no foundation without the Apple 1, the first personal computed invented by Jobs. Picture a society that was not latched onto every new gizmo produced by Apple. Our world would be full of people looking straight ahead and engaging in a friendly smile instead feverishly fiddling with their portable