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Yes, many humans do seek out those things, but what is causing it to reach problematic levels? I think a lot of aspects of modern society amplify the desire to use drugs in unsustainable ways, as a kind of boost or self-medication, rather than maintaining usage at a controllable level.

I've seen enough of the world to reaching the point where if some anthropologist had a lecture mentioning some general developments in human society and human behaviour, I would not slap myself on the chest like some hungry sea lion while denying that anything affecting the rest of the world...

Ok, I doubt we'll find a way for homo sapiens not to get extinct. The homo genus itself, maybe. I disagree strongly about the brilliance of humans, but you already know that. It is a matter of opinion and preference. Some think we move in a "good" direction, some think we move in a "bad"...

What is embarrassing is actually believing you live in a totally different world than the rest of the developed world. But ok, to make you happy I will from now on make exceptions for Brighton any time I comment on the development of society and humanity. So to rephrase the paragraph that led...

There's probably always been "strange". There's probably never been a time where as much is "strange" as it is now, logically speaking. Nothing is strange until it is said to be strange, and in a society where people absorb the amount of information we do now, we hear more and more about this or...

Ok so why do you have homeless people if everyone feels it is perfectly normal to just walk into some random house and live there and if everyone feels it is perfectly fine to let anyone do that? Sorry, I'm not buying it. I'm sure the (proudly repeated) reputation of the city is that it is some...

Find a way through what exactly? Drugs? Yeah, possibly. Find a way to preserve our species? Nothing indicates it, look at our ancient brothers who in some cases lasted a lot longer than us just eventually meet their demise. Some birds and reptiles are the kings and queens of disruptive change...

Good and interesting question. As for hippies and new age people... new, young movements at the time, built on very ambitious ideas breaking against whatever conformity they grew up in - not difficult to see how drugs were more or less required to break those chains since will power is usually...

No chance this is the case and I don't need to visit to know, because it isn't anywhere. How many sing in the bathroom or car but wouldn't in a mall or while walking on a crowded street? What happens if you need shelter and you randomly go into someones house to find it, would you be welcome in...

We already did, the sound your mobile makes when you get a notification works in the same ways as a lot of light drugs. People love drugs. If there's no natural ones (sex, dance and so on) they want more of the artificial (chemicals and tech). The way out of abuse of artificial drugs is to...

The best way is to create a society with a lot of options and opportunities, unfortunately no one really wants that and the ship has probably sailed forever.