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title: 'Time Ferris and Michael Pollan at SXSW'
date: '2019-03-20 09:08'
published: true
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author: SXSW
taxonomy:
    category: scratchpad
    tag:
        - youtube
        - psychedelics
        - depression
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 As once-vilified psychedelic drugs enter a therapeutic renaissance, Tim Ferriss and Michael Pollan share their findings on their ability to help those with mental issues where conventional medicine cannot.

Both are best-selling authors. Tim Ferris is a productivity guru who has channelled a lot of funding into psychedelic research. He is bipolar and claims to keep his depression under control with psychedelics. Michael Pollan wrote a book [How To Change Your Mind](https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/1594204225)