Cyberia Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace Dongles Rusbhoff CLINAMEN PRESSCom © Deus stl 2002 ‘enh Dov Rb be kk oh thor hi wach en amend by hmm acdc with Capyg Doug and Pac 58 Poi ty Chasen Post Ome ‘Alla Ente Pak ike Secs inher b2 A ‘snes cost ‘Mls re No yr hides ma bers a nr ee no ‘pie rane ea em oy me eee me erg rng al tbo vse monet eles Nolo wor oo aie nw eM Lie in ub 194 Halls een 1S0N somes 289 s3s798042 Zips Simse Garena by [Nam Pininypsting CL, Boke Pn adboand he URy Bald un Lt lage Contents Preface Tncodoction: Surfing the Learing Curve of Syphus 1. Computers: Revenge ofthe Nerds 1 Navigaung dhe Datasteam 2 Operating fom Taal Obtivon 3. The Global Eletrome Vilage 4 Imerfcing with the Technosphere IL, Dug: The Substances of Designer Realisy 5 Seeingis Beholding 6 Malang Connections 7 The Blast Furnace of Disilusion {8 1254367: All Smart People go to Heaven IIL, Technoshamanisn: The Transition Team ‘9 Slipping Out of Hist 10 Making the Golden Role Tendy 1 Neopagan Technology 12. Gardeners Ov Thee Abyss 1V. Cut and Poste Artists in Cyberia BB. The Evolution of Cahors 14 Hypenescal Fors 15 Phyng Roles V._ Warfare in Cybotie: Ways and Memes 16 Cracking the ee AT The New Colonisiom 18 May the Best Meme Win End Notes Selected Bibliography Bulletins from the Trenches Index BREE 8 5s o ” ot 114 120 BL ue 158 18 178 188 199 201 203 235Preface (Cyber about every special moment in ou eet hissy a moment when anything seemed possible. When an ene subeulrure— bike a kid ta rave trying vol reality forthe i time ~ aw the wll portals fof marrying the letest computer eechnologies withthe mos snsmetly held dream snd the most ancient spn truths. Its a moment chat predates Windows 95 lntemet Explores laptop computes, a hundted nilion Item subscribers, Wied maguzine, Bil Clinton, the Informs- ‘en Superhighway, e-commerce, and the Weeld Wice Web, Buc iis « moment that Fores a shale lt more. "Ths book isnot survey of everthing and everyone ‘cyber’ but rather tour trough some ofthe reins of this new, Hedging culure ‘ro wuch [vas lucky enough to gun acces, Looking back, is srpris> tng to see how many of those ther-absued notions have become sccepted truths, ard disheartening to see how many of the most opt ‘ste appeals of out Ratu are sil very fa from being reac (Gyo fllows the ive and treltes he exporences ofthe fist fr people who ealized tht our culate was sbout to tke a lesp int the Unknown, Some of them have suceeded beyond ther wildest expecta ‘ens and are now practically household names. Others have met with casstrophe, Sell othr hove simply ade from ew thelr ova con buttons tothe Cyheran renaissance already completed and perhaps ‘ren completly expen ‘What you have to remembers you read this book that back in he 1980s, computes end everyone who got neat them were decidedly ‘uncool. So were science fiction, fantasy role-playing, and even ~ odd perhaps ~ psychedelic drugs. America had plummeted inc the depths of consenmtve thing, and conserve tes inclecuals don't fare wel. Freaks fre even wore. An future aren’ ever heed formvi Prsfece ‘The 19805 was a ume for nostalgia ad tonal values, It semed to ‘many thatthe non-conformist and highly indus ~ if somewhat ‘ungrounded ~thinkang of the 1960 had been forever lst. ‘Buc in San Franco, afew seatteredexhuppes university students, ‘musins, and other optimise souls who lek partcultly dlsenfian lnsed by the sas quo began smagining an alternative posbility Most ‘ofthese people dd know about one anther Some gathered i small soups: others worked alone. While one decavered the compute snd ‘nvented vrual realy, another discovered the cognitive enhancement Properties of herbs and bopan selling “sin fos Kids n one ton Played fantasy ole playing games, while kids in anather began sing {nd recording their own electronic music on cheap Caio instruments A “nmersiy class in Europe wrote programs that allowed people to share snformation on computers over telephone lines, wile a math professor ‘n Santa Cruz realized that non-linear math equations depict onan shapes. ‘The only thing that qualified me to wee all this down was the fact ‘tha Lhappened to know people in each ofthese differnt areas ~and ‘ealved that they ent know’ abou one another. They were dong very sliferent thing, ofcourse, bur seemed 0 ae they were ll somehow relate 4s youll se, they wer all groping towards the sme thing: sense of| authorship over realty sell Technology empowered these many ‘uniquely iferen ange and councercutoe memes to build projec, frst simply ecard their sions. For example, computers allowed sc “ents to model strange stactors Xerox machines allowed teenager to publish subversive magazines; online bulletin bonds let underground _jcho-pharmocoogiss share recipes fr new psychedelic. In cach case nd many more, these low-cost and highly accesible echnolopes gave People chance 1 realize chet dreams on aleve untinegable to them efor And the paople wh fl she greatest need tote sen of "his opporauniy were those who felt ther needs, were not being addressed bys mainstream culture tht resisted anything neve Cera appeared 1 be 3 wy t crack open our enaation’s lose mindeiess, and wo allow for millennial eansoon that fers some: thing lot beter than epoesipee: consis even evolution Although many saw the compute as simply a gett metaphor forthe ‘brsn, Cbenans considered shese terminal and thet many networks to be extensions of the human mind Trwas ai human beings the many neurons of 2 planetary brain ~ were somehow hardwaing themes Preface ® together. Likewise, the people on thse pages saw drags less a 2 form ‘of enterinment than 2 method af entanment peeparation and pac tice forthe testes of shepherding humanity 10 is next evolutionary level Add to this the ees about spntuaityanérebinh tneking down 1 youth culture from the New Age movement, and you begin to smell Toft thoughts, forsure but that's precy the point. Cyber mass ‘a moment where many people a many pace st these posses 35 veryreal Ina sens, they were right And vhough Csbena has noe runed ‘out to be qute as radial departure fom rely ats proponents may ined, the wor the sme sit ws en years ago, ether. “Ths was never meant asa book about the Inert. til, chat didnt ‘stop fist publisher from canceling Cyber before i wast be pub- [ished back 1993, for Fea hat, "he Tnternet might be over by then” ‘They compared the phenomens described mths book to the ‘ezen's ‘band fa of the mid 1970s —shorlved commanications craze so rounding the use of uucker's two-way adios. (Of course the Internet erze went on que abt longer than my Ss publishers had antpted But fa fram over No, not even thee lapse ofthe spculasee market frenzy surrounding the ‘dox.com ea can challenge the esential drve for « more networse loba vite, “Maybe thi kind of opsmism requires uso look atthe Internet as iss ‘of an investment opporcaity than anew land of fe form. Tats the sway we all uid to see Wm shevent times, anyway. Back wn the 2400 ‘ba, asi:text er often long years ao, the Internet had node 0 do swith the NASDAQ index, Until 1992, you hed to sgn an agreement ‘romising not to canduct any busines oeline Jost to get access to the otemet Imagine tha. twas a business fee 2one How could such les have ever boen pat in place? Because the Inve. not began as 8 public projet. It ws eested to allow sclenusts a un Yerunes and government facies ro share reward compu resources. Everyone from the Pentagon to Al Gore ste vive of un ‘versal accesible formation shang network and invested all sors of Teel fund n bulaing «backbone eapable of connecting comptes round the wos, ‘What they did realize was thar they were doing a whole lt more than connecting computers t© one another They were connecung ‘people 10 ane snather, toc. Before long, ll hose scientists who were [ippored fo be exchanging rfesch or comparing dts were exchan tng stones about thea amie and comparing notes on the latest Sor* Price Trek moves. People from around the world wer playing games, soil lang, and crossing cultural houndanes that had never been crosed before. Since no one was using to discuss enltary technology an ‘more, the government abandoned the network, and turned tower tothe publicas best they coud ‘The Imetne's unexpected social side-effect ened out ro be #s incontrovertible main feature. Is ether functions fll bythe wayside ‘The Incrne's ably to network human beings er life's blood. Te foatets communication, eolaberavon, shang, Belpflness, and em ‘munity Then ward oe out ‘The newest smong us found ou ist. Then came those of us whose feicnds were ners. Then ther fends, and s0 on. Someone Woull “simply insist he had found something you needed t know about ~ the ‘raya childhood nen lets you im on secret doo eeding downto the basement under the Junior High Schoo. ow many f yoo can remermber thar frst time you watched him lo ‘on? How he med the keyboard ver to you and asked what you wank ‘know, where you want 1 vst or who Jou want o meet? Tht wat "he maze moment when you ‘got. Internet fever. There was a whole ew world out there, unlimited by the constants of time and apace, Appearance and preudice, gender and power, 1 no wonder so many people compared the 1990 Internet © the ‘pochedeie 1960s. It seemed sll ve needed to do was Bet 2 perio bine and he or she would be changed forever And people were A 60 searold Midwestern businessman T naw found himself Jogsing on ‘very mht to engage m2 conversation about Jungian archespes I lesed forfour weeks before he even realized the peson wh whom be ves conversing ae & 16-year old boy from Tego. Te fle 25 chough we were wnng up s glbal brain. Visionaries of the period, lke Ted Nelson, invented words like ‘hypertext and tod us hw the Intermec be ed a iat fr everything eves wae ‘A musica named Jaron Lanter vented a bisare teacive space he ‘alle ‘ual ely, an which people would be able to, in hs words, “realy Soe what the other means Staryeyed authors ike me wrote ‘ptumistie books ike his one anaouneing the aew global emasance ‘The Intemet was no longer a government research project. Te was alive, Out of conco and celighsulyehaaue, Whats more, promoted tn agenda alli own People who partcpoted online were forever changed. Ives as i ‘sing computer mouse and kesboard to acest ther human beings on Preface x cron tty oa et gomerate could access. It was Rupert Murdoch, Dan Rather, and fest etance Rina weet emet re Sateen ss re tamee teeter ema Eran me oem ae fuga amen Scere ‘were gently escorted around the Internet by more seasoned veserans, Zetec nee meee ‘sScdone anbaumtiengee fl nese Saeatinreceenimna Fra why amore do wih nee a ie Ste aca teneanerre statement Seen gta ea are oie geet ee re pair et nite kr ees eed eevee Riaroga seed ee cpm nena meses Sagi geet nt oe enya Stereos eee Coewamed py senting freon enone Sian guetta oteaeeeatames Scobsoencite teeniei Proce diving wth someone pring bumper sicker ove Jour mas, Aad the beter we pt at gnmng anne the moe dey bay they ‘5 ad the more tme-consming hy wer to dead, They op thug sto resent whichever sere ating our mono So advertsinggeve way to commer The Ince Would be sumed nes det mace plato An trace mld et dog Thistle heme seme to old ore rome. So much promis snl, tht Wl Src investors took noase, Now the aye hears Seramerce businesses sly ade ony Btn ake ke one. day they could. a 7 Benes, Wl Sst cae abot acts rvenes than he aby to ete the perepon tat there might be rset seme ptt the fue, Ta shy ase speceion Odes mighea ts Fen il eheme Hers hw t wok Someone wate bane pen ors Sewn of ecommerce company Tha pen in ang inven" ‘ery intheknow peopl wo ae fim nc ows ager bes plan and fire CEO. Then coms tht round and "ceed round ‘hse ethesil ess mekow peopl inns ew lion more. ‘Then come the instionalnvesore. eho underwte e nown fms PO, Afr tat the ey bosom ofthe pam cme rel sro, Thats you en me. We're uppsed to go an tng Ste and mvt ray ot sand hte ate eo cop ar crc wh wel an ‘x sttegy Tha onthe ay ogc hal ht goto doth he Interne, you ak? Or Cob sl Bc Te ret om bore ere mes he sods the camer he bgt Ks tthe op ot prem thee were nd ae sil ple ofeneprencu creating a sects onneusineses~ los Wee amazon, ond Eh Bue Inne wanton yr th tin 3 bl xtc bo at sore aplite wes etnoning And yagi lece Stine fom ng anomeric vat the Inmet ey anconaiy, nd aga he oe cb of Cana eon oingwhtcomcr natal on, ie yping mesg oe another, dont generate even. The eet of te games Inert Semen wes to get peoples hands off te kebearatnon he tmuss as colleaton, more consumption. Sie were deged 0 te sc so people would've Couldnt st. “nfomation arcs ued imo the cence of geting people ck on he "hy btn. The ol te wee spon oe ou hand the Price i keyboard is to enter our credit ead number (if w's not alkeady on @ cool, somewhere deep on our hard dv). 'By 1999, «person logging on forthe Sst ume was encountering something ver differen rom the Cybera Tve dese in this book. Browseis and surch engines slike wete designed to eep wie ether buying products or consuming commercial content. Mos: f thas help ful hackers were now vesed employees of dot.com companies. And most visions of he electron future ad dolar signs before them. "Bot the real Internet washing anderen dhs invests charade the whole time, Irs litle harder to find, peraps, and no one the ‘manstream press was wring cbout i, anymore, but plenty of people swore sil sharing stones, emailing tlawes, organizing rues, finding ‘new communities ad elucating themicles "Th spnt of he Internet ‘was dormant, maybe, bot wey much ale." “Tass why those busines schemes were doomed to fil. The behav Jor contol being smplemented by more nefarious eline merchant the mercenary tacts of former hacker, and the commercial pronties of the Intere’s investors were bite contdiuon of Cyber trve ‘ature, Sure, the Ines ould support rome busines ues, the way ‘tree can support some mushrooms atts bote and afew quirels nis Dbanches. But busesses tacked the Ineret ik ast ofchanso (Or, beter «pease ngus Ie needed tobe ejected ‘The newtabe elapse ofthe dotcom pyramid was not some sore of| regolar business ee, And it most ceil was not the collapse of any- thing having te dow he Tntemet, No, what we jst wines was the Intemet fending off an arack. It's no differen than when the gover ment abandoned the Interne: im the 1980s Instead of talline about defense contracts, the seientsts online began talking about scence fi tio stories. The Internet never does whats 'suppose todo. thas 2 tin, and lf, of ts own, Tats becaute we've, 00. "Now tha te Internet on oss fake tothe background, ‘hemany grea applications tht el people and oganiastions have devel. ‘oped wo ake lof ou lives beer are taking center stage. The are com pling, ane surpass even some of our widest dreams for what the Internet might someday achieve. The eas, formation and applicasons ‘ow Inching on web stes around the word capaize on the tans arene sab and acest tha the Internet ns bora wo delve TEs not thatthe orginal Internet communty went into some sor ‘of remission. No, nota. Although the mainstear news media was busy coven the Latest eoeporate megasmerges the Internets actualJ Profice prtipants were conumuing to develop and extend thee favonte forums for incerec ton, Inthis book, T compare the ery Internet the Wik West ~an ane cic realm where lane hacker could tople any empite. That spe ‘ot gone, Any group oc individual, however disenfranchised, can serve 1s the tiger point for an exzaordinay widespread phenomence, ‘Media wruses like ‘all your bse! and ereverentFlsh or Quteltime vdeo parodies of commercials like Budwetec's ‘wassup’ eampeign ate lunches fram the bedrooms oftenager, and distributed by ert nilions of office cubicles, evenly finding thetr way to the evening ‘Thousands upon thousands of hackers coun the wotd sil epresent «great heat © mejor sofeware companies, the cd indsty and ay eo. oration whose interests ely on cose source computer code or eer fics. No sooner se new closed strdard tele than it decode by Jone hacker or, better, team of hackers wotking in tance from emote snd untraceable locations. The ‘cack is then publsed on countess ‘aor sites, making its cssamination mevtable and muss, “Acivsts ofall stnpes have seized upon the Ineret fo its ability co culivaceselatonships across wast distances and promote new kinds of alinces bereen formerly unffilated groups. Noi pte of the many effort to dizer its chaoui, orgasmic enengy towards the moval, aged of Wall Steet. the Intemet ean’ help but empower the real people whose spirit t embodies “Moreover, a nerworked cutur has the means to resist che kinds of| fundamentalism threatening to stunt aman evolion in stacks, The Intemot teaches us to see the value of diversity and plurality All the ‘opinions ofl the people matter Fundamentalism teaches thet dete s ‘only one path, one sony and one author For Coens» collective enterpeise A team sport. Instead of living tay decree, we delight in wring the Inn mon together I st sollboratv, occasionally scary and usally fin, Tlie fo think the ‘moment of history ~ inadequately, iaceurtey but enthostasticaly ydronteypamine) is the oaly answer. Is natural ‘occuring hllacinogen tha s usually moked, although shamans sore Feand some aggressive Wesarn users inject it. I's effec is immediate = ‘efncely within a inate, wl within seconds apd allencompasing. Tt canot even he described in tems of magnitude (one users "I's like taking every LSD experience you've ever ad and pting ther on the head ofa pin”), but makes more sease when thought of esa tue, hyperdimensioal sit. Ae Terence McKenna describes The experience that engls one's entre Being as one slips beneath the surface ofthe DM Testy fess dhe penetration ofamembrane. The mind and che sel iterly unfold before one’s ees. There sa sense that one is made news yet unchanged, as if one were made of gold and Ina jst been rest in the furnace of one's beth. Breathing is normal, Ineartbeat steady the mind clear and observing But what ofthe weeld? ‘What of incoming sensory data? ‘Under the influence of DMT, the wor becomes an Arbian labyrinth, palace a more than posible Martin jewel, vast wi mots that fle he gaping mind with complex and wordless awe, Color and the sense of reslty-onlocking secret nearby pervade the experience. “There isasens of other tims, and of one’s own infancy. and of wonde, ‘wonder, and more wonder I isan audience with the alien nanco. nthe Inds of his experience, aparently atthe end of human history, guar ing gates that scem surly to open on the howling maelstom of the ‘unspeakable emptiness between the stars, isthe Acon The Acon, as Heracitusprescienly observed, acid at play with cored ball, Many diminutive Beings are presen there he ke, the“ cam | seasoning machin cs of peace Are they the een lest be her the man? One ha th imprenn fering int. ecology of sous tht lis bya the poral of what we ave Calldeath donot kno: Ar they the yes embers of or ‘ches asthe Other oro the Orta canes? Ar th he eso toussinee the ado the magi of chido Hete sc ten thn Brel ttl an ein beyond wu es creams To a the realm ol that which stung than wean supose: Here the mys ‘erate, unseated ala new forse when out ncetrtved ‘sshd santo Tessar ele lane thy singin parvo tt anda es ene pt ad ow trough the it metal wo become toys ad such qi ar el ‘oul give thet chen. The ens of emia eonnction tena ing and nese The Myre ela i ever al lh Ise no stone upon neh thes worl we hevesoe sin ans a emer wo o hUFO be eked ers thes: hs ot the sien sno ot Alanis wang thelr ears case cn, DH sma en of sonal sons T blo that what we espenence nthe presen ok DMTisreal news. isa neat dimension = nghtesingtenformative and beyond our powers to imagine, ad yet to be explored in the usual ‘5p HE most send the fea experi whatever hey ma ome 0 tmean, to explore and to eprt n htt ined DDMTis the mos hard-core ern da experience fo svc sons. The serpent anoher dmesg, expences te, 2nd the enjoys nner ad nna communes at conc Sl renin ne unl, nroa a mension unencwnbss hy pysal emotion at los This is « psychopharmacological virtual reality. a DD§Tismetabazed mow a aun ait enters the cm, fact hat eke crs gy! han coc nls srucie ands wl-deveoped motpbenct fl Te se BatTandhaman bana compas nthe yl tone snes ey Se ny and eet ofthe DMT ‘ce mae aya rs ht he et al someting foi ints ‘psa that bemay never thse Neale ho moles LM por testing» hihtched tone ereapoding oat they belie a carr wa’ ey a that iment The sie wed Begins wo rat at the sme Fequncy un eveything bret po comer paters and ena wither. This when he mang Drags The Subance of Designer Reality ° cleo! show up, if theyre eoing to They lak ike litle ees, and some tines hold wands orerstals ed com toe dancing or operating some kindof ight-and-lss machinery The evs definitly have a good time, but bythe time the ile to jon and dance with the eves arn, ey x2 sone anda diferent st of mages pads by. Terence and his bother Dennis McKenna experiences on DMT shape many ofthe eybrian conclusions shout realy They belive that DMT ‘works yltching on tothe DNA in a users ow cll Tadiionally DNA Isundersoad tobe the cairo genetic information in ving hig Is thought tobe inthe shape of dble hl (wo spit) otatitean split ‘par ecu. The MeKennas took his lige free bosh sicily tnd philosophy by assuming that DNA. works by resonating certain Frequencies to thei ost el and organism. Tey believe that when DMT connects with the molecu, the ewe strands ofthe double helix vibrate ‘pis each othr ke ting orks, which i-why the user heat 2 tone and sls experiences such a ally diferent “Terence and Dennis went to the Amszon to conduct experiments ‘on themlies an test thee thoes using the state-of the-art organic trspamines of the Jaro Indian medicine men, Dennis heard the ros tones so he became the main subject, while Terence observed and speculated The two young men succeeded in puting Dennis imo a completly psychotic state for several wees, But ss Dennis freaked ot, “Terence sit on the other sie oftheir fent making notes and having insights, What he realized ina sudden sh ws thatthe tructore of DNA resembles that of the ancient Chinese /Chigg sequence Further, their functions ae the same, ‘As gene etre, DNA is what links any being 0 the ancestor in his evolutionary past and the ollspring in his evolutionary fate, The dduble-helsstracture ofthe molecule canbe seen apa of metaphor tel spiral sturcanes: one going down into soy, the other up int the fetus purpose i to compres finer time ing these tho active springs. (As Sheldrake would als later conclude, the DNA is wha "ings morphogenetic elds overtime and space.) The I Ching isthoughe to work the same way and uses a sity-four part steueture almost ident fal to that of DNA to help people predict fuure events and under Sand their personal rales in the overall continuum of time an space Finally back in the United States, Terence and Denis weed compart te compute the | Clg a huge lac equation for al of human his ‘ory: According to theierctl, called Time Wave Zr0, history and ine sive know itil end in the year 2012. This date ho also heen inked% Ger with the Mayan Telkincalendat, which many belive so call 2012 the end of linear time It makes the notion of a simple, lob renaissance pale by comparison. ‘Many cyberians agree with Terence that end of history is fast sporosching. When history is over, human experience wl feel ike, you fuesed itv DMT trp. Experimentation with tryptamines, the, is prepatation forthe coming hyperdmnsinal shift nto timeless. no personalized realy. Ie helps ebeans dsciminate between what is linear, temporary and abet an! what uly hyperdimensional This isnt an easy tsk Downloading Infinity Justasthe most eath-shattering informatio off the computer neti use- less without a computer capable of downloading it int form that set fan understand, the DMT experience provides noting 0 user who can't similar download some esence of timeless hyperspace into 2 form he can understand in linear rely: However amezing snd Bsful the DMT euphoria may be, coming down isrmich erick than with ny ‘other hallucinogen. I's no wonder, though, DMT brings one into anew simension ~ a dimension where the rerrctions of time and sell don't exist so stepping hc into Freon, ause-andelec elty must be slerdown, “Moat eyberian users do thee DMT in pits osm groups, so that they may help one another come don more ealy and document 3s rmoch of every experience as possible In Ouland, an entire houschold cooperative called Horizon is dedicated eo fostering good DMT tips Several nights e week, the dozen or so resents sit in acl on the living room floor and ake DMT in sequence. As one tpper returns to cath, the next takes hold the pipe and launches himsell. ‘Dan, whom most consider the head ofthe owe, apaycholoy stent a Berkeley whose doctor thesis on shared ates of consciousness, He leads the evenings an judges whether to intervene when somcone sn ret physical dicomfort or fesking out too heal. Tonight thanks to 4 connection made by ane of the rides ane his computer bulletin board new batch of 5 MAO" DMT has eived a lose rave of DMT but with even mee powerfully mindbenng effets, Dani ar that hel have to watch exta-earflly fr disasters tonight —his welled ‘math profesor has warmed him, “On 5 MAO, you begin ose the words "in damage nerally printed our in font af our eyes” Dang The Suotance of Designer Reality n “The fis two adventurers og fail typical experiences, One gl cls ‘up into a ball, ut emerges understanding how the nacre of rely is blographic "Each particle of reality reflets, na dim ny, the whole pe ture, It doesa't mater who you are or where you ae, Evening that, ‘ret happened ot eve wll happen is avalable 1 everyone and every thing right now.” “The next bos, Arman who jst turned fom a thece-month vision. quest 10 South Ameria, has been taking acd every day this wecke [reparation for tonight's ceremony, He remarks how his circle cere ‘ony is exact the sme asthe way he took ayahuasea and ihogaine Tongan psychedelic) with shaman in the Amazon, Theme gs his pipe and almost immediately falls back onto a pile of pillows, He writhes around for several minutes with his eves rolled bac, then ss, nnune: ing that he's been gone forthe days, He met an entie ace of forest ‘retures, and they needed his lp. Ashe deserbes the place where he's Jha, what the peopl look like, how e's eaten with them and even sade love with one of them, enather glia dhe ile suddenly perks up. “Hey! That's the story I've been wing ‘Dan establishes that the boy hasn't ead the gts story: then, wide techniques he has developed in sharedstates psychology, he helps the two relate ther stories fo each oer. Armand has, indeed, ben ving in Sebrin's fantasy stor. He decides to po hack wo help his new nex ‘ensionl fiends Sail eaned, Armand rolls back his eyes and he's gone. He spends about fen mote minutes moving around on his back. When he rises ‘again, he explain that nthe ive minutes he was absent fom the other ‘inension, several wecks wentby and the css was sered without him “Arand cat bing himself co fe happy about this. He Fees that his reed to come hack and tell his experience to the est of the ctle deprived him of is chance to save the forest eeatures But they were saved snp” Dan reminds him. Te’ only your ego geting inthe way now" “Armand shrugs. Dan dese’ want to er him e-entr lie this, Because the boy might he depresed foe weeks “Thin ot this way” he ss, patting» comforting hand on Anand’ shoulder, "maybe what you and Sabrina did out here, recounting the ‘sory an veriyng the tal ofthe Forest people is what atoll saved them.” “Jonathan, whose min interest 8 making music for other people to lise to whie theyre on acid, breaks docorum by taking the pipe and2 Coben lightngit before Dan and Armand ae quite finished, He had abd day in the recording studio and wants to make up for witha good DM trip. Now. ‘But as son at he inhale the DMT smoke, his expression chang 10 ‘one fFear=like he lok ona young kid after the salety bor slams down ‘ona lle conse. He's stuck on this ide. Beare vison that Jonathan knows he won't remember whiz by He ean se the ther peopl in the oom, but he ean aso se past them, trough them, around them, le am se ther experiences inthe liner ofthe faces, chen the ines become his whole realty. They poin everywhere. The wallsof the room are gone. ‘hic is coo,” he thinks “Team take.” Then he gasps intron, “Whe thinks e's cool ‘Theflip side of Jonathan euphoria that he docs’ know who hei Oh fuck! Oh feck” Jonathan steams, Sthrina moves to touch him, but Dan hols her back, “Let hin go, the leader warns, “he's goto et through it” Just then And a miscian who lives dewnsta, barges in. “Fuck! ‘This new sampler ost erased my ete drum machine's memory! Thats ally samples Ally puters! Weeks... months of work!" Dan guikly ‘ets Andy out, but the syachronity not fst on the members ofthe srl, “Jonathan, ane you okay?" Dan asks genly. The trpper stare up a ‘him fom the foo. "Jonathan?" Fonathan suddenly sits yp. “Tm your creation ten 1" ‘What do you mean? "You made me, didnt you? I'm only here when you're on DMT. Oth ewe I don't exit, do 2” Jonathan stares cynically this erator “And yoru gave me this drug now, because i ws ime forme to know ight?” Sabrina is woeied, She's been trace othe boy for some ime aad ‘would hate cole him now. “Jooathan? she sys, patting her hand on Iie buck Tonathan lrches forward a he's been stabbed, He breathes ea ‘soldi his head in his hand eying intensely and then deny sopping. Hours lates afer everyone else has ther chance to the new dig, Jonathan expains what happened t him when Sabrina touched hs hack, “Thal frgotten who Fw. Fad no identity other than hing Dan'screaton. Then, all of «sodden [atl my name — Jonathan, And remembered my ast name, and my ona Lent, Wai mite {evas a f althe fragments of my ie hil been blown spare and was rage The Subatance of Designer Reality B sicking them back in my beds Iva aptly pin the nfrmaion 1 ‘ramets sin oye vs eng psing bk on me. Ta ‘ily seeping hs hn” Sir ods otha chose chi cookies inthe ichen as fet Hsin hums bck to noma. Das watches Jonathan owt othe comer ois “Thre il hs comersaion going om ny ew saying = Wee sor youl ond ots wn Jonathan sy “Yel sik you're» DMT etn of Dan" Sabin ak “No Jonathan sao Fim ping Ie fhe whl eh of ein nx to obtain sm knd of knowl, bu tig to rmember thot out tinh We sry oud ond oot hs oy. Sch Spock eyo. But ow ou ran ys oe ont” Sabrina owns, Sheer hoping the prin rathwuld' beso Toray ead ernst and kes ean, “wa god expe sence, Saban, Gon yo se? Whar Gin we lone hing ‘Wore al pa ofthe same thing Weve gr no Hen af or owe, 5 MAO DMs ike when you cis Life ie thea an-when ou ‘ke you go, (Ob wew! tas 0 el” And then dacovesing tt igher eve ier ke Oh my oa Tim har ihe al” Is moc Tie ie {oven 'm nor bck her Ihow we Jonathan holy Dan sey an iy moves oto he rom, The download st econ Stright and Stoned [shard to know whether these people are touching the next realy ot simply fying thoi brains. Tsrsfornation, no doubt, is eccuting in tether case. But no matter bow mich permanent damaje may be taking Place, there is aubetancal evidence that these voyager are experienc Something a least revelatory as in any other mystical tradition. The {rong numbers of normal seeming Americans who are enjoying DMT fon s regular bois ates at las, to the fact that even the most ‘extremly disorienting DMF adventres need not hamper one's aby to lead productive’ if ‘Werld sharng ana discovery of parallel eal ils the DMT after noon of "Gracie and Zarkow, she a published antropelogis, he sn stashed and socesful investment ast. Sex swingers in the 1970s, they became psychedelic voyager in the 1980 and self published theim4 Gites fins in Nats fo Undo A Gc and Zan Ree oof tho Day home 'A cos hewn a opin den and sex chamber, he Beoom sakes up a east halo he house, While met peoples pe a Spin the thes, Grace and Zat's end putea beams, ‘ch eaulpped wah an dirt ging sen er bod tanducet shes onthe wala in then pc rete on trl sound stem nd seed cabins iled ah spe a, sd belly-dancing gear Poe Ther wing on ppchodels ae a detailed and wellehoght out «rar beewesn the Phys De Reon anda wine aig git seting the cog 2B thy point ot deus such hee eng Iovate” They ve boomer Mond 200 cons toy id hess aad ens Beatles, They spend tha ee hours expeinenting wh cw tpes of poche and sow combinations of od nc. Grace crs mane the pit f+ Tel odes, st fn Kad hwo ng in hypo en an rer unimaginable eee theeudonyms Bot Zatko' practi anal Wl Sec sera ts hnedogh is styling soa paced, To Zon 2 pasion of wares tare “Tnpamins aren real phenrnnon. Ifyou tke high dose of septum ou sc cerain ng Lam elec tht ou = Blank slate when youre born, Yt sng eomplestl ps oF sera ning byte oddone a at of clon era ‘nd thes al ef af of rds ad weve sot DMT st fing to change edo verody pote That bso do wh few pute red up, and how you're tase, Now my expos fave been exenely poae, bir of my cst en re dead aa ref pce digs you'r op oni hes ‘uinian DMT Be voy dang sy owl eee 8 toma one ‘rai and Zack canbe cone dese ings. Tey we hei DM eprom et her soe de “Gracie and have deep the bly to wit sme sofware o become sich feet people Thana i average riage torino Ine Thy tometine eo hank ef hams ss amvopelogss fan ster don mec cserin ener ‘cont and concerns human beings Dag: The Substances of Desig Realty % Zatkou makes pectic use ou ofthe sublime DMT sate to reesien the personality he uses in rea life, He enjoys his DMI experience, then nloads it inorder to devise new business stegies ot even ew emu techniques ~ but he doesnot take any of ito serious. Zarkow ‘emains convinced that our reality snot making a wholesale leap out of histor. His views sharply contrss those of his good fiend Terence MeKenns “Tdon't buy Terence's wile package. just say tha right ut. On she ther hand, Terence i on toa et of very important things, Does that ‘mean thatthe world's poing to come to sn cn in 2012? Does that mean that there's going t be a major bifreation? I don't see it chat way A drugis too, like a mirescope, telescope, ora rao Is it some god Tice metaphysical entity? Wherel part company with Terence where he tas abou the drag as a metaphysical entity which Foks, sel ates, sd st like God. I don't believe in God.” Terence stwibutes Zaskow's obstinacy to an inability to tanlae the experience ofthe infinite, goles reality neo a model that can jive with his experience of diy, stright ie. Zarkov i great at downloading useful information, but, stil atached to his personality, he i not ‘equipped to deal with the most exshing nnpersonal eyberian conc ‘ns I's question of his ability to download threstening material, ko istered of psilocybin, and afi ego-bound person. He is forceful, opinionated, and it never encers his mind that he might 200 be entirely 100 percent conect. The coupe of ties that he’s tied to take mushrooms its just been too reugh for him, because ofthe disab ing ofthe ego and surrender This the fase For most rales and most ‘dominator types ~ is how can you fing youre ino the Bast furnace of dsllson?™ The point here sno to pit Zarkov and McKenna aginst eachother, but to diningish the spe qualities of the eybeian pachedelc expe ence rom other sors of psychedelic experiences. What makes vision (quali fo the renaissance i that it is an experience of pester mysial Aimensonality which an then he tale dow, a eatin par, to che ‘hrce dimensional reaim, One mst ean an inkling ofthe infinite an intimation of immoral As Terence argues: “Vou have to download it [the DMT experience ito some kind of ‘model, and I don't know why I'm so able do tht. It maybe base ‘of aad upbsingig, Because realy there is nothing new about this, Tie is what lurks behind Kabbalsm and Catholic hermeneutics. I you talk to the village priest, cha’ bls buf you talk to che theologians of76 Cera ‘he Jesuit order, shey wl el you God wll enter history History is he shock vive of etchatology the falof al these dimensional models This isthe sere tht is behind religion, bat elgion as been subverted fr nillenia ns a oo of scileoneral through the notion of morality Mora ‘ay has noting co do with it I st good people who go to even. I's ‘ona peopl who goto heaven.” 8 1234567: All Smart People go to Heaven Earth Gita beautiful slighty otherworldly twenty year-old from Los ‘Angeles ~ is at Me. Floppy’'s Fem and Floppy house ary in Oakland, explaining the effects of Pauper Cybertnic to several yung gis who hve traveled from the suburbs o get tat of the house scene. Adorn ing her Smart Bar (a Peter Max version of Luy'sprychitis's booth) ae several posters of mushrooms, spaceships, and Toore quotes from “The Steed Trams "As this new suareness increasingly filters into everyday levels of human function, and a¢ more and more individual human cells become avare of what i taking place, the change wl aceerate exponential Eventually the psychic pressure exerted bya extieal mass of humanity vill each levels that re sufcen otp the sales At tht moment, the ‘est of humanity wll experince the instantaneous transformation of & proportion you cansot now conecive." [Earth Gil an her aveing Smart Bar offer so bain nutsient ene cures: che Cobertonic and a stimulant dink eilled Energy Elcksre, made fom epee (an het relaed to dhe active ingredient in Sade, the cold medicine tha keeps one fom geting drowsy) and a Few amino acid uppers. Her advice to he high schoolers is healt but somewhat Undestnformed. She ees heavy om the fact hat hese herbs are "100 percent se, used for eentures by ancient cultures, and make yo fel relly good” The gi sll buy the Cybertonc for §3 a las and chug it down. “Light up and live," Earth Gil ealls aftr te Ki as they ret tothe dance for. A punkish boy stumbles upto the barat about 4:00 .m, Hsgilrend ‘wants to dance ll dawa but the LSD he took at thse dha aftrnaon has Sucked about as much in adrenaline asi offered i insight, Earth Gi sellshim a age cup of angy Energy Elcksue, ad soo he's back under the sabe lights, pulsing with new ie8 Coens Iris the kindof seene hat wuld hori parents. What the hell's going Eth Gil is seally sling drugs; he's sling nutients. Drag are patented medications tha enhance brain function, nutrients are non Prtented substances thatthe hody uses mare like fod to do the same thing sual es invasively bt also bt es effectively They include substunces ke theming aid L-prpoglutamate, the herb Ginghobilob, icin, lecithin, and eran vitamins. Earth Git’ brews se lightly altered versions of prepackaged autient mies aval at health food stores or through multilevel maxetes. These mixes bea the names of Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw; whose book Life Exenson fist publi aed the existence of smart chemicals and the notion of nutrient ‘enhanced ‘designer being’ bak in the 1970, Smare drugs (with names Hke vasopressin - a snorted spray ~ hydergine and piracetam) are generally unavailable in this county Depending on the legal weather, hese drapy canbe purchased rough the mil ftom pharmaceutical companies overseus beeasse ofa lophee sdeanded by AIDS paienss who wanted aces o drugs ot epproved for use in the United States. (For mote information, see Dean and ‘Mogenthaler, Sirart Dg and Nutt) Smart drugs fl berween the «zcks of Ametis's ability to compechend the wis of meication which is why we have sucha cloudy understanding oftheir abies and thet ‘categoviation| “Most cyberians understand the science by now. Actlchaline sone of the chemicals chat allow for ransmison of information at the nerve synapses. As we get oder, ou suply of acegchaline decreases, While ‘we cat jst ea acegichone 1 inerens the supply in the brain, we ean take its precursors, suchas choline, as well as chemicals that tend increase our own production of aceycholine by the cholinergic tem. Some ofthese chemical are now ealled“noottopics” (noon mind + !roper, totus’ ~ tha is, ‘sting onthe mind), the new cas Of gs ‘hat provide cognitive enhancement with no tos ‘The most widely used, overthe-counter smart ntients ave mintres| of several forms of chaine along with s few of the enzymes and co enaymes tht turn them ito aceslhotine, Earth Git's Cybertonie combination of choline, acetylcholine precusos, and cofactor. Tet «fects noticeable overtime but not ety dramatic The saddeninrease in popalstyand marketing vsblty ofthese nutients ise othe face. that othe, much more potent smart substances have ave in Cybevi, Itisa case of fame by asacation Drage The Subeance of Designer Realy » The pido dvnkies a the st sb deterring he smst tention. nanan ws hey mpone he fiction he Shot tem: They incre memory. boot insligne, and hanes cera kind ofaming They wer egal wel or eases ofl sg ch a lca seni: The mo wide dirt One in Barpe a grate motion clad picetam, which Ainvalable nthe Unted Ste (Users ho purchase tcl fom European diibtos tough the mai) I fseacting, eyo tec cgi enhancer Waker Kir orl eed sat dug ar {hom wel mec ter) desrbs pets ang hoch Me wesnngs mines amp wth ber of ligence” Nest ey one who takes expences per alto cencpratze complex free undo wn information ‘Use recto to he sie nal he thi peered cab atonal dongs Is ie cmon fsa bt of vasoesin oo ‘Set cma st nsf ce rach lly dese page of et oust comple ser Eepetowiteitos ropa? A bat of wsopresn and creding gt {Etin estan a mint Ging hve cu dy fied wah er ‘ie? Pbably beter ol wih past or roghtamatn fiw dens ‘pend out over he couse of he doy = tht wed ics end trace Af cs et ey ao Hyene unl the end of he cee Je ag tl problem? May tac Lys on nine lets mya we wo hire har on Siar dag vente peel sce down ocak te Short dros don ge beans igh or zoned, but hy do sce 0 help them ce wh comple erpaterpoblems, pending ph topical or pian od hour, gly rere work ev Tennent, rs erty oes, The mot somtion perce sno trite hve ged the ay to el worth ene of to poset of problem sth ume time computer pore, ta example, gine he sity to ack eso four dle itrdcen ie ttm ough eof prop command ae than ny tne Smar drs re ane wer the aby vo kee ale-doren pl ‘ns inmind sone Pryce wes report the eyo dowload hte ofthinfrmation ad ezatons of tp when they sent the {Sming-down peed wih nur gs ‘la i august hi ple fom bards Europe then ces his own anon based on sllexperinenttonw ot ting ne theo wa heen ners te nw sing esppesn It oss rst the tne, cae ta ess The Readiness is All Dovadng the mas infomation wave mating Fo he end of tin no casts Soe, astckboer an ae mer dy tops sl de boner concn sou can mt dats bt sans ‘rc alvasslnwn ha thre desi techie rocesingof the inconceivable Daas The Substance of Desir Realty a ‘Ma Hley had ust graduated Came when he fist found smart Auge. An experienced psychedelic explorer Hey already believe that the ear is heading toward a great bifurcation point. Asa would-be usher ofthe final paradigm, he knew what was required of hi: a hie archi leap in hit mind ability to identify process, store, and aceulte "he completes of exchatologcl acceleration. Mar wa alway smart, very rat ~ bat he'd need to be even smarter face the challenges ahead. He knew that smart drags were going to play a major rle in the Formation of Cyber and he knew he was going to bes part oft. 'At that ime Eath Gi, eho hadnt ye abusdoned her given ame; [Neys, was visting England, Fler mother was New Age extremist and [Neyat ge cihteen had lef the Wes Coast og ay from what she sr a vial and fake spituality She wasn't going bac unl she knew she had something fil the wacuur “Asa writer for England’ ID, Hely exploited his Cambri philso- ply education to boeome an articulate launcher of eukura viruses. In ttle and letures on topics eanging from permaculture faring ec niques to technoshamanism, Heley defined the ways and memes of {sberian culture in London, Hie was DJing for shoe elu and sunsing «bangin machine renal store, anid in the process he gathered ‘wie following for qwen)four year-old. Nea, fr the time being, ‘was jst hanging out. When they met, hey knew it woud be fever. Tn many ays Heley and Neyst ave opposites. He's an intelectual ‘who grounds every psychedelic revelation ino a plan. He's all business, and even his most lazeaching DMT experiences mean nething to him if he ear process them into coneete realizations about the nature of realy. those realizations ee tobe worth anything, he mat abo quick determine how to communicate them to others through artes, chem fea cla evens, or cltural viruses. Heley ia mind. So much so, that his bod often neglected through aggresive chemical use and lack of sleep, revels in the form of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, whi iacapac tates him completely for weeks o even month ta time: 'Neys ves throug her body almost exclusively Se can fel what she call spiritual weather’ etalaate people a lance, and predict events inthe wecksahesd entirely through her body She is ncapee of arcu Tsing her experence through word, but hes developed her ove las guage of heat’ which takes the form ofa smile, a touch, an embrace, oF feven sex, Wherever she goes, duster of admirers forms around her Tooking for the security that her cafes yet selasuted manner ofers them, With the belp of Heley and his eybrin epiphanics, Ney was2 bere thle ta mbrace he New Age ess oer motherina new eben con text. Then she was complete; Earth Giel was bom. = ‘Where Hele aed sma forthe mena fers, Earth Gi sow them apse preation forte coming age They bk ce thatamer de andthe beran deve minh ta ihe cers tered needed abe broadest to wider uence. Aisin od sexy fey hooks onthe btn hd ome out ine Une Ss, but poplar, hi cut dn dew syngeneic they dee wo putt dag an cer cle oh te en ‘Ae srsng is wih is primes he Mind Gyn Landon Mati Hck came back woth Bay Aes with Nea anda new ide Sar Bars Thy could debe theca at ey a sks oe the counter ight eat the ane for, Ma's mea sat sa mace expene could decoy te iden mo sc coon [Ney personaly and made he pret bergen and eon sepresentation of acu designe ing, The minion cons In San Franco Fie ws node io Dna a Bec dropout who, with her end Preston, war nang Ton Toum, an anced ‘vg hous event fork fd ap wih Rat dane alates Hels mulidnensoal agua wf ston ess son ered hit Dian this ew glen swell ws pation as one othe condi tool Toon Tow ely’ presence uk mane stat leg of sberclne ise Rooms wetter bin meta ial tel dermnstrations, sles of boksend pes, nd the inlanons Sa Bax Whe Peston woud ae st Hk» mst, fer th tame being it made Toon Town the highest poe howe tern town, That, coupled with Dan's el piecing an pose sine let conpeionbetn the ve enc Fle ho by now Ind inert ara! uate Ken Kesey’ tle as hve ere “Fete od ‘aI docs ging sree docs ioe sr tatty fi, Bn Ten do the dy doe craton 1 anymore rps the mento. P tee tn Ads ef te thee dongs any cage none tah thatthe dplng tema of sis tod mineral at these dink pt bec With ed mre ead communication ity to th Beaper Ceti rb eo But a ea they png tera lrceTheyeping rt Ty da or dip Sol say Oy er have ono tale aly ha ‘Stryounul sch and sac ely aly ely eal fey so at the pt Torker soy Eat Git ales on he ress He to er worst anh, bt thy reso mind nd dagerons. Soon Earth Gilmore as phnortnn han tema donk em sche Shes pod «pone of ing, only uy sry noe ‘Siphngerson shorn cea he Ry even Tose ote inthe Ear Gb tooo more snd morte pce eet sr instr the hs igus ee eon te sy Sen So lag ha! The cond che gn st veh even ua trend sete She th meher an gp ga Sheba eth proniaof gory andere andi’lin the arma wc hue henaeone boku an ah Gl shares ar ow sano te Sas Da son ith Br stn to op her pore bah Uc ding ts bce at we ely re, wits nd prom crs Ths tnprer ay ain Whe feo ake aroma fot ie can ep lanchig al for sl Tat yw al vet dew up ee the Fry Seen ~ Earth Gi, Gace Greg, Dana, rele We pet poy Paya ene =“ Coie realy scaly realy od!" 7 Peery making a fool of yourself, you're more in touch, mrrung ecko and “Hone thee ay hon cn es igo lysis jot ike... is sill. we've coming out, we're ying to carne Drugs: The Substance of Designer Ratry » 1r seemed 19 bea week in which eyberians were leaming that some: where else, someone else was doing exactly the same thing they were Somcone cli war writing a book abot ber clare. Someane else was mixing «new house tne. Somcone else was creating ach, Semeone dae was doinga Smart Bar. In addon ithad een sng for our days, land nearly everyone ws iting the same eold. No one was ul sick, faut everyone fel under the weather ‘Siting with Earth Gein Thal restaurant on Hight ret, take some ofthe tba formulas that Lila Mello-Whipkt hs given me or ‘ny sill, Earth Gd explains tome how everyting Ss together Inepite ‘ot her generalizations, Earth Git seni, spray mature’ young ‘woman. It would be mistake okt her commie jargon obscure her quite peteptvecbuervations an human nature in the trenches of Cyber "The weiss of this weekend is that everyone's disoverng al dese paall thing that are going on and everyone's reeling from the fear of ‘do it fis Bur hiss just the realization ofa universal mind! OF course everyone's ding ial at the same time. I's all prt ofthe same thing Everyone's Fighting cold an els ike they gota cold, hut. is pot breaking through its slighty physical thing, but i’ much more ‘psychological because in this timealahe fea can get in and sl these nce ate thought and ll this suff can get in, and es geting in. I did get in. but now Ife today we Fe coming oot ot. We've tl got alot of sic we've goto workout personal ike, groups,” 1s Earth Gil and her followers, the current frton is really & moe: ‘hogenetie stress Many people are having the stme dessa the same times because they ae all connected morphogenetic. The sickness and fea resus from the inability to break the fiction of navihaity But inthe eer culture world, the denzens must realize that they arealleon pected The commitment to the metatransformation of humanity hat ‘them al int he same weather yntem. They must be content wid ‘ever owing sn les. There sno room for pre o re ‘But Earth Gil allo sms to realize that her Binal allegiance i herself and the Fory Seven. Survival and ambition ~ however rational ined ~ ail tke prceence. By the toe the Rellng Sone pee oes (0 ‘ress, Earth Git hae gone of to Big Heart ity another chi in town, Ivhich gives her ther entre basement (which was the location of Tim Leary reception ast month) octeate a smart drugs lounge. There, she willbe queen bee, and wil never again have to pur up with Heley or bis le-mannered police srogance, Her Smart Lounge wl ust ight upand ive% en toy nee en oc gene see hy de ret li ‘itoa taut dates a senate serge ee alamo henge opicaeae nce ‘nick oy ei eee em Hadad al og sicn ts Una Sars cer vol qa ieee ele “nu eels cd area me a ‘Mon con he ate eg eee Drags The Substance of Designer Rowlty 8 bigs, and most doctors who know ofthe drug do ac buck the system ‘orc abit by ordering unapproved subsances frm overseas, Tneven mor ludirous ete, chemicals and ntcens ke DHEA (not Jega in the United States and L-proghutamae (whichis available at any ‘ood health store) have been studied by phammaceuial companies and Proven to enhance cognitive skis in humans. Bu the companies inten Honaly conceal these studies and insead amp to develop variants of these chemicals that can be patented and sold more profitably Some of these substances have even been show tobe effective intresting AIDS, Dut, again, since che drugs ate not patentable, the stds done on thers are sipecsed, In one cae, a scientist has been ised a court order ot to reveal the results of his cicoveres about DHEA Heley believes tht ‘sar drugs, as cultural virus, willespose how the American health-care business maybe ou nation's most serous health threat "Smart drug god way of burrowing thee, The argumentation ‘that surrounds smart drugs, the web of che clr vins i just a worm designed to eat into those reglatory bodies and explode them by tu ing the mitror back on themnselves. If we can create w cogent argument sve can show! up thei stractora inadequacies. The war on drugs, for ‘example, eing this blanket war on droge. You can adverts cigaetes fand alcohol and there areal these horrible overthecounter drug that you can buy; painkillers in his county are prety fucking dubious v0 say the less, But the thing that cant be sid in American cult, beac ofthat massive media tack tht some drags are god foro in some ways “What I object to isthe smart drug argument being completely jbscuzed. Now the FDA has a countersction, Thee countertack hat ben to close the lophole which slow the importation of smart rugs ‘And that isthe ony rational piece of leilnue in the entire cance of ‘American drugs. And that was'a loophole esabled by the sme drugs movement it was established by Act Up, and by AIDS active, ‘onganizstions over lang period of time with stained poi prstare ofan absolutely enormous magnitude. Al the FDA is waiting for one Public excuse for closing this, and it’s gone.” Diana Hes 10 get more fod. Hele reales he's bandstand bi, sal justifies himselt "Tad that we made a mite with his thing Te [ptout of hand, What we're doing now iewe're acts tying to pr thie Pht. Doingchis Nutrient Cafe: really straightforward Wee not hyping, ‘wel not going to do a media virus about it, but we'l provide a telly ‘od product within acer mile, and lots of infrmation shout= phere ‘And if ve completely say within the laws a they exist atthe moment, jus do the fucking job without ll the bollocks” Diana recurs with some chicken wings and joins in the conversation, “That bar never even evolved. When we sated it the whole iden wos tha Mar: and Neysa (Earth Gil] would create these products, They knew that Dusk and Sandy products were shit anyway Tha’ eve hap pened” ‘Mark defends: “Wii's not just that they're shits they're oe H's to snd ire, “The only ching that’s evolved down in thit basement (Earth Git's new Smart Lounge,” Dana continues with cndor,“isthat thete'smore decorations And there's more Mish and ther’s more superstar Ard thats not the point. There's no books down thet, ther’ no inne tion ther’s no pamphlets, there's no nothing, and the people tht ‘desgned it dda’ know shit about i Not that Ido, but Yo ot sling the stu” ‘Mark interop: “Tm certainly not washing my hands of, because ‘were al pay responsible we instituted alt ofthe processes that ed to this thing But find myself radially dsatocing was he way he's doing it 1's not he, it's not even the way that she's approsehing ie I's the way that she's allowing it ogo. I's group thing. rs not Nessa, the owners of Big Heat Cty, Rolling Stone, or Lila Mellow hip, Is Basically what all of them want aut off This is « propagation of an Jimmedite product over something whichis at informational thing How many people have ever fucking taken smart drugs since we sate this? Thus & measure of is fllre. The people that lacking do the ‘Sat Bar don't even use them,” "He stares of into space. He knows hs ego is probably as esponsibe for his upset a the polical vulnerability of Earth Gi’ lout mage “I's mater of tine balance realy believe thavifit had gone oer wus, that FDA loophole wouldn't run be in quention.Lihing nell manage to keep i¢ open, maybe we have to do some separ work Te should never ever have been this way Is just my sep toll it happen” “Maybe he should have taken moe sare das PART 3 Technoshamanism: The Transition Team9 Slipping Out of History Mach more thin arenas for drag activism, Ta Town and other “hous! ‘vents re Cyber spl conventions, Houses more than a dance ‘raze or cultural seston, House is cyberia elgion, But che priests snd prieteses who hope to usher inthe ape of Cyeria have problems oftheir on, ‘We're at an ealy Toon Towa ~ the ight Rolling Stone eame to wie shout Earth Girl an the Smart Br. I's their st pany since one fate fal night thice wecks ago when thir gant, outdoor, illegal rave got trashed by the cops and they lst thousand of dlrs. Preston sill lise pissed st Heley over that mishap. The English neweomer go 10 Ambitious, and now Preston and Diana's baby, Ton Town, isin seis ‘bt, They may never recover, and all lly can thin about are his ‘damn cota vines. This wed to be a dance eb Heley's ino moad for argumens now. It's 1:00 pm, Earth Gel hast shown up wih her bar ~ correction: wih Toon Town's ba. She iene picking p her phone. The lasers malfantioning, It ey, but it's already clear that either the owners ofthis enue o he hited door people ae stealing money A Rolling Stne reporter ion his way to wrt bout the Smare Ba, which i nowhere tobe found, RLU. Sis td Js “Moszan, the editors of Mono 2000 magazine, asive with about forty fends whom they'd ike added othe gues lit. Tonight suppose 0 bea pany for the new fase, but, on entering the club, RLU. Sis announces that the real release party wl happen in fe wecks a Toon Town's competitor Big Heat City. Tonights usta party" that Mondo iscospomsorng. News to Heley News to Preston. News to Dian Bryan Hughes, he virtual realty guide i setting up u VR demo ona balany above the dance floor Along with his gear he's brought 2 guest, lin of several hundred nares. Cap'a Crunch, notorious erred hacker7 Cen apparent conilus of ersex, 7 oat ‘ting out of control, a ie 7 dluced chem to i." Their disloyalty, Hey feels, has undermined his Jody Rad, Dece-Lite. [don’t mean dh we're creating it, bat we a day Joan of Are. ce Tscvobamanson The Tronton Toon 38 “They arsved and they only sa’ people having good time, People bung party There's noeational argument they can make aginst Us. ‘They smelt, They smelt and they wndertand” “Hlleysvigs down the tem of his pyroglutamate and soon appa sve yned a ne clavcy and, long with it, a new reason to fight on. This not «countermewersnt Is the shape ofthe thing that wil replace them, But willbe pines fr them. W's at thing to be ight ened of I you frightened of acceptance, ye, be afraid because this ‘hing i seintgration, The trouble shat just dissolves the oll hes = allt hingeyou just know are untrue, We're nt lving thai anymore ‘You can only lve the old les when the rest ofthe paraphernalia sin place. Really house jst destroys that. snot a reactionary thing ‘Le’ leave Toon Town fora momento ge ok athe history ofthis ‘hingcalled "house. Mest Americans sy t began in Chicago, where DJs tamale, private partis and memberbiponly cubs (partiulaly one talled The Warehouse) began ageressively ising records, adding thee ‘own electronic percussion ad sampling tracks, aking musi that ike the home-made vinaigrette at an Taian restaurant — vas called “house “The fast caco aed hip-hop influenced recordings would sample pieces ‘of rus that were cae bite’ (thers spelt "byte, to indicate that ‘hese ae digital samples that can be measured in ters of RAM siz). Especially evoeatve bites wore cll acid ies! Thus, music ofthe hate, made up ofthese acid bites, hecsme known saci house ‘When this sound got to England ie was reinterpreted, long with ts ‘ane. Folklore has i that inks (had, fs, high-tech, ane psyche sie) musie superstar Genesis P Orsdge was in a record sore when e ‘ra bin of ike laboled ac’ which he ured as poydclc music tune 0 play while on LSD. He an his cohorts aed dei wn all _nogeni lavoro the beats and simples and British ci house was bom. “When Ihe! acid house muse would be playing, I figured for sr ‘hey meant ie was a psychedelic dance lub ~ music 10 tke acid to" explains Lye, an expanker from Brston who his flowed the house Scene since is beginnings in the suburbs of Landon. "Te bog om a ‘sland, bia off the east of Spain. Evergone goes there on holiday, docs Eta al stays up al ight We pot back to England and decided we dt want to ge up and sate ring on dhe weckends” Lyle’ explanation i good at any Foe how raves pot stared. These \Whodstcllce fea begin on 9 Friday evening and cary on chro Sunday afemoon, Dancing it nonstop. They Became most poplin ‘he late 1980s, when thousands of ears could he seen on any wkend4 Cena heading towarl whichever suburb ~ Str, Brighton = was hosting the party Police began eracking down on chemin 1990 or so, bt thee ‘they weat legit by renting out permitted cb space. News of rave even ‘wally rebounded to the United States, where the orginal house cb began to incorporate the British allacinogenie ile and subeances. Stn Francisco, whee psychedelic areal the most popula, wa most cep, tive othe new motement, which why Heley a other Engh rovers wound up thers ‘As Heley suggests, there's more tones and house than meets the ‘8, Coming to an understanding ofthe house phenomenon requ workingknowledge ofthe ne technology cine and drug that shape (Gybeva, aswell san awareness of the new spiritual dimension lor per ‘ps archaic sical revival arising out them. Justa the new, quantum Sciences ad chaos mathematics developed out ofthe inability a mate rast modelo effectively map ou ely house is mean a fn eae tion tthe flings of a woek-ethic-based, nerndustazed cuore ‘Theravers sec themsches andthe erestion oftheir suber a part ofthe overall fractal equation forthe postmodern experience, Ong of the principles of chaos mat, for example, s phase-locking which i ‘hat allows the vasious cell ofan organism to work harmoniously ot «causes group of women ving together to synchronize tht menstual ‘les. Phaselecking brings the participants ~ be they noms, celle or !hurman beings ~ nto linked eyles that promote the ereton of ingle, interdependent onanism where feedick and iteration can tae place immediately and ffcivey A phase-locked group bins to tale on the Took of «facta equation, where each ony pat reflects the nature nd shape ofthe ager ones. Members of rave eure phase locked by changing their circadian rhythms. They slfconsciously change their base relationship tothe plan's movements by sleeping during the dy and partying al night. As ley nyo i defiance: “Is the face ofthe network that elk jou seven to eighty is prime time, You sleep during prime dine You share the same place philly as tha sae but yout etally ming into ciferent dimension by shifting ehrough the hours I's n oppor "unity to breakout from all he dlc things” OF course, sleeping days and paring nights is just ax duis as ‘working cays and sleeping nights, ut the point here thatthe ‘dsc things’ considered important by mainstream culture are not hard vel. ties and they ae certainly not the ‘best realts. Ravers were able to eaten subculture different from the workew-ay society in whic choy ‘Tecbnosbamenio: The Trostion Team 95 had fl oes. They usd tbe the vss of top dow hear ‘the poor workers tos mess bos rth powerless to «da tering xh or even the woking caso it monarch, they were [st numbers in a od- inear ath equation Now, phasclocked os prof Ivng,bresting frac equation, they fel more dic Tnvbedin the tetion of ty "When you move sy fom a masse gut pin which sere i lnc racy you suddenly End ht does mater «fick shat eur boss er the aos think of you. ore creaing yours Tmemeat by moment nan envionment at created people whose Tkeminde ea beration, and scompltl nthe face tweet “The uhimate phase locking acu in the dance icf, where tow sand ofthese ike minded young people ply out hoase ule’ bal Ceremony. Te dence inks eveyone together in yichtonos moment ‘They on th seme drops, inte sme ean yt, daneingo he dame 120 ear perminaesouncacle They afl chronic. Ts ‘these moments that the new elt spontaneculy developed. "The dance empowersyou. I entrees you, And then you can start ‘gin Is an ancient, spiua thing, t's where we ave say comm ‘ete to cach oer on the fle level. Instead of beng inthis Criremely cerebral, narow-bendwidtstlevson society, people an fcc 0 communicate with hi ois. They don need to se at thing Theses jst a bond with everyone around them. love, an ope ‘Ifyou lok ta society as epee as England you see ow much ‘pect that cea hve Than i ofl penn Ea lag ih tor deeply rote pagan history made the moe fee lin wich howe cal os rT to ping ot sy Thos cream aleatve igor” “owe became masdve in England, News of ver was aways spread pecans byword of mouth ort yes, bt somehow everone who ‘eee to know what was happening and where, found oot Ether one ew what was happening or one id. Iva arse as ht Byte endo the 1980, hone was everwhere fn the Unite Kingdom, tit fed never soem the lght of ap Ton of thousands of tide were paring covery weckend. Mainstream ele was not even tae ofthe ex ‘enc. By the tne the tbls caught on and poblabed ic eaines rodhining the aval oF owe, the overs had eae hyd gone of the mep bop%6 Coberie Off he Map and int the Counterculeure ‘eda, the English house scene sil defines the pute for other house infected cites. Whiter trough the bens of emigre ike Hey x the exporation of London-mined dance tacks, Gest Bris sil holds the most coherently ariculoted expression of the house ehie ‘While there's les technology ewer ays, and fewer smart chemicals st London clubs, there's a mach clearer sense of house's role a counter cra agent Some argue thst this is because London's morphogenetic fet of «ountereltre fs more developed than Americ’, London's pagan el foes have endured centuries of repression and dsilaiam, Thc phe locking was probably achieved somewhere in the twelfth, century ‘Symbols and even personalities ffom ancient pagan times sil ve in London howe (One such pagan her is Fraser Clark, a self proclaimed paehedeic warrior fom the 1960s who began Encyclopaedia Pele agar, which as since mutated into London house culture's "ine Evolution, Re his London fl which he shares with evo or hte students half hi age, ‘he looghited Welshman rol some sort of egarete und explains tone what's happening. From the British perspective, his historia bate for rlgions freedom, “A.kid grows up ina Christian culture and thinks he's probably the ‘only one questioning thes ideas. When he comes to house" the Brash are fond of using the word lone ke tht as iis eligo, “he sue, denly realizes he's gota whole alttnative history. He might pt nto ‘UFOs or whatever ther s~ drugs, witches, sal in here" Aad all quite accesible. To participate inthis experince of resonance, «ach participane must (el ike part ofthe source ofthe event. Where ¢ teadonal Christian ritual isdminated bya pest who dictates the coe “mony toa crowd of flloer, pagan itl ane fee forall eeied by ‘group of equals. For house events o provide the same kinds of exper, «ences, they had to abundon even tational rock and rll oncer econ, hich pedestals a paccula artist and falls into the daly of audience and performer, observer and object, The house scene liseates the dancers into tual partpation. Fraser, whose new club UEO opens tonight, explains the advantapes of «no star system “Nobodys that much beter than the next gu that he neds «whole stage and ewenty thousand people filln’ yp a slum to see hn, "Nobody's that much beter than the audience, We don’t need thst an Tecbbomanian: The Tomson Toon 7 people don’ wit anymore. Ao of he mi ol tog Tevcrpnna be ona ord it ie the we blr ply throne nigh So the Rouse movement is determined to hve most. I in the fae’ ofa mori dt hat eg nd ly onder vie It pened an communi a rewrane, The atl ‘union x be hop in bse ane we to She hove the ‘Sovd he suntncous edbeck cetng th tal woul be bie ‘Teal dn tin ng prs mach teers noses nokefes noc Fore act at ln it ald th ako mea th vy ose ub ms she the copa ii al cabs Even du must et he oman 1 Geet sar Every cpa rey ve nscale opr ne communi or wht Frac cals the pos it oo sor of tke a tb, bt a tbe somehow opal septs fom th acl" Fnc Bier sce nd fe Tid sme vend od rom der ‘A pon vey dich tn ranting. I's ot «oop of pores technol, sharing A ihe raes tnd mc wan eatin We even all th one puting on verry don thks vach tng ope Minton nore Eh evebody qe or abody geal that sh" ‘UFO. colecve oro Fass pose, opesin an abrdone st of nn noc a Cad Lack ae This Eg pry na he ‘Sen fecocr ens New ecb anor nian i od tsemae gato on Tein nto Dea Batis gts rng Ba resting pnts ose wh cl Pes ead dal, ysune Tait wl cel cp {sound afi tie nal heron he or aa ings uta Trash etal pes erg ey cn rng ae tnsboung above the dn choose mas Ine comes, aro tig he ed ti ancien ne and gn i ae tof Urns fort Ink tnd andro dance the Atbing bus beEvon ough wen dng, ning, own south dancing With crayon of he 120 bests permit he Sc at on i Up Tee toodsupourd apn and anand ain, Noon dances yor ‘Ropu hd ne et th fend Nowe or pte or oven rope Tha eral.98 Goberie ‘Aclaster of young men are hove near the turntables with the nee ‘ous head-nadding and note-taking of ssetcomer bookie, They are the Ds, who are eich schealed to spin seconds for several hours nt ‘he party breaks up at dave. Tonight's muse wl be monty hatd-ore, techno-acidse house, but there are many house genres to choose fom, There's “ice which samples (rom the sounds of the eles Pong games to extremely hightech telephone connection ane! modem Signals. New Yer house or garage’ sound is ore bluesy sd the ment soulfal it wes many piano samples and dened on mest bck fem singers There's also heodstony’ hour, fr the hades of headbangers ‘techno’, from Detroit; dub, coind fram Gibson's Nearness for Reggne-nflaenced house; and ‘new beat’ from Northem Europe, Less Jerse versions of house include deep” house with more space on the {op ayers ala generally rier sound, an the lent throng kind, and ‘ambien house, which has moral hythm all but spy fil the space ith breathy textures of sound, OF course, any oral of these sles may be combine into a singe song ce mix, long with samples of aything the: Native American whoops, tba chanting, erangeiss shouting, o ‘even tate trooper eling a mother to nfo he “your son is dea ‘The Djs consider themselves the technoshaman ofthe evening Tie objets to brng the participant tou tchnochamarie trance mc the way ancient shamans brought members of thi tribes ino sim state of consciousness. DY named Marcus speaks for the ro “There's sequence. You build people up, yu take ‘em hack down. 1 «an be brlnt, Some Djs wll ye people tweaking into a real anita thing, ac others igh eno chi smooth How where everyone gets into {an equim with eachother, But the joa ist it hat magical exper. tence that everyone wll tale abou altervards, Between 120 bets 8 inate and dese sounds thatthe human ea has never head before, yo ue them to musi andi appeals wo some pital evel of eonseiouscse fe didn, house would sever had made t aos the Allan 0 America, whete it could manifes: not only on a primal level but 2 marketing one. 10 Making the Golden Rule Trendy tito tetramer spieaaticmracarmnmeeatieni Cpberia ‘sed to destoy isl, The machinery ofthe industrial culture ~ be it ‘technology, economics or even the more subtle underyngpsjchological ‘rinciles and social mechanisms ~ x tumed geainst tell Tor tx own 00d. Jus as the earth uses its ovnsjtemsof feedback und iteration to ‘maintain a viable biosphere, house cure exploits the postive feedback loops of marketing and data sharing to further human consciousness Rad explains hs tke on the Gris hypothe anal McKenna’ pedi tion about the yesr 2012 “This bifreation we're coming up to this shi, will be the awakening ofthe planets awareness. That's the shared bli of the raver emp in the scene. louse isthe vehicle for disseminating tha culate wo the rest ofthe plane. And how does house conduct this dissemination? By imparting « slioct experience ofthe infinite In dhe dance isthe eternal bls moment. ‘The social au, and visual sampling of inumerable cultures end times compresses the history and future of civilization int single moment, ‘when anything seems possible. The discontinuous musical and vse saimplingtrsns the dancers to cope with a discontinuous reality This 2 fesson in coping with nonlinear experience test ran in Cybria A ‘our of Rclk’clothingstio makes this amply clea His design ane nal i made up of the ilasrstion fom an eclectic set of texts Devos ‘ive Art of Indi, wih pictures of cian rugs woven into patterns reminiscent of ractals; Molecular Cll Biola, with atomic daprams and lection microscopy of cally and onganie molecules, The Tarbeloe Maro: An Uesoated Guide to Chon Theory and the Since of Whale. ‘es, with fractals and mathematical dingrams ane Yana The Tan Symbol of Cannc Uni, a collection of bieroalyphice and gral like ancient sriblings. Rede composes his designs by computer scanning mages fram books lice these and then secombining ther. With a keen x for. the similares of these images, Rak creates visually what Inve does musi: the discontinue sampling of the symbology of bls over ime, The images’ siilrites give feeling of comfort tnd metscontinits Rack ets cough the pages of his books, scaning images fr his next promosional fer. "The ateane and future groove inthe now Is lke this fans coincidence. louse clture fs @ meeting point forall these diferente things- Musi, finaly tthe universal language of lve ‘The nightclub people ate the ones who help manifest tint popultel ‘ure, What Ido is ereativeentropolog. observe what's happening in the house culture, snd mare it back at those people" ‘Tocosbamonion The Tomtion Tea 101 Iesinponan to rez tht ths singly ecard ot incnsitent wh ae pibaohy in fa, nt cored mer ty al Marking erly of he eda tt can pro tne the piso bck neal te expr Tr does not suck from the stan tas oe Everything reste 0 fern lsoninor ny Hose mic ot bt me Sot tampls of me rcontied nto and of ms. Hose mercy const“ ame ngage ry cxhe shell Once vomething in the house it as been ncoporsed {tothe fact pten of taconnoanoes end ec fae ontibor othe eateries Ia heonc aparof lt Trunivse-one wl tpt dane, at why the mec for change in hose mg bn ou fe, bu thy ae ox eer Scien Wh ee ing oot Ho ie punk an onc cals mover adie adi, bar ‘va enor ngtve oe Ite planers ving ani hen Seettnaieneiofhihebote ick Philp wey, en mig rom Brita nd now the dese for foresee of a bes {fends and conpinton He ses wlan pits in Nest whns consis orgies “the ks now ne going ote tr on ap ut. Theyre sping to hop Thee pn lene ty a hangs tng Fro within, Toye ging fo sine, se whatever yan to clang people. What we ding sei for fll Pople wh ae Inve inthe aie ae eng hs fo hamaces™ Finally Going Mental [Nick has arid Ton Town conight with supply of hi most popular jerseys to be sl atthe clas snal hop, and he senses thatthe crowd ‘nce an infson of if Hele has moved down fom the balcony and is making suggestions to Buck, the roakie DY who wll lay ul 2:00, fam, sehen Jono, the echnoshaman estvordnate, takes omer. Nik ‘make hit way tothe dance flor like a pizfghter taking the rng, ane his palin fory is more reminiscent of punk slarndancing than blissful house explosions I's cil going mental” wit looks prety intense, ‘but his enthusiasm is contagious and others are ether encourged mensionl Counc which rgoltes such this), whose members ecognize it asa ‘nes point for interdimensonl mnchie.Aatanisalso has metaphor ial infhacnce over the ext of the Binal tniverse and even on oer Fantasy game works. What happens here~in «fractal way ~ is pple ‘out through the rex of that universe's me and space. I the IDC ean taintsin decorum het, they ean main throughout the cosmos Ron wints me to ply along tay so we must invent a characte. am to enter Amaranis ue an IDC cadet, who has escaped the academy visite interdimensional transport sjstem. But fist we must erate myPct erie charce’s prof. My snaths and weakesis ae determin by point se ot ofthe GURPS muna Each character a he ene bef tl an, hy sl fy The mae ‘wits achaaterhadcted toa orewample, he move fe Emperor wich equteisascts oH ‘During sro ofthe dice ae match apis sieve o deter tin hth character in pik ako en oy Ta hare has yen oo many pits oh wit and mo enough ae ‘reg hte ot get ceed by mons CURDS a ome op ‘hme valves ant esl mia, fom quarrsalt Combat to spceship repr lyre maya sequent he sings or an ncaa ne sex ach gs them poe ‘use eee Asn Newnan chance mst have seeding ‘other profes Ron rear pes wh, whic mataning hes cos rac ag ily Fall he maleate cretion the paying of he gn ie ute raed an hove: When Ron and Temes fea he Bacrom we fnd today’s payer siting inthe ng oom dh ai cf ey for ation Ron to table for his inte coer th His mip,enxeook of irmation, ana bo onder at ne character Amara ‘What’ ging om hee sel he cretion fa fantasy rege rls and canter pine dca the progres of te ol ks pm ae awed oan ae angola cont wes Each character hasan ged sor be ‘hese ae do ot gid othe pi we he gu a oa. Forme an agenda might teen the power eae ceap rnin, 1o destbie the goverment of yor an my chaste Cheval aii eh ne elas yaa “Sukdeny n lae of, age met bel shes Unc the for ofthe Rage, Smoke and ae ft Sree Thee open tool sand hee a cxcite avay my anil ars spacevurng acter which none baleves~ Ruse who plas corporate baseman ites eveyone over the Bacchi tems» ious erie a manos son, tj the eve akeadyin progres. When we po ie, Reel procs see the goon dance whose sh Tepe) sh the prom of carer avant, As ake eh eon wander round the caste church, Lape tel Ruse pss pov seo Bing dragon Ct and Paste Aris Cera 161 Rolls ofthe dice decide my ft. The other payers, especially Rus, ‘watch on in horror, poweres his characteris in bed with the daneer end ‘n'theat or se me even though the real Rossel an. Other players worry for me~ they know thing about Russel s immense power hat I don't ‘Bue my character hata weakness for taking risks, an, disappointed by ‘the lick of enthusiasm fr my message of peace and harmon, [fee my ‘only choice to head straight forthe edge apd thus ether ets door ‘orcertin awakening find the dragon in an open couriyard. I ean get ie toy TU have an easy gotavay, but the creature i unbridled use my Ail of resourcefuiness~serounging’ 28 scaled in the game—to find ‘rope to fashion into bridle, roll te thre dice two 2s anda. The ‘other payers moan, Tm a lacy ol, and the die india that easly Find the rope. But te had partis ing the creature, My dexterity the skill thet Ron pits gins the die. He calls this task aD minus 8 — very hut Eneed 29 rolls 10 orlower to ssccved. roll 9. Amazing Payers ) Plton, Ross Mind Fv an Son Pil A Some fr the Vtwots Sob, sad Dg ta Gan Ire bling Men. and Pe Bas “sn (New rk: Dobe 1989) icing Howard - Vinal Ray The Resin Tech of Cam Genel dt Won (New rk Smt, 191) Rucker Rud RLU, Sis and Queen Ma~ Mono 200 Urs Gude w she Naw Be (New Yk Harper cn 1992) Selle: Rupe The Pano oft Ps: Map Renae Habis of ete Ncw nk: Vag, 1989) “GTi eb of Nate Te Gene of enc and Gad Lenn: Random, Cnty 1950) Siew, Bl ~Sy Tames (New Yr: Ei Cm, 1989) Sting Trace ln ie Re ee Bask 9F Sens Ja Storin Hwen: LSD an te enc Da New Yk Harper ‘sd ow 1988) "an, Esc — Rr Eu Hs Mai and se Val Clo of Saas aber and Far, 1989), ‘Ws Alin W ~The vas Cas: Ades in be Chewy of Canis ‘a (New ak: Vinge 1962) Wile, Tom Te Ene Koad Acad Te (New Vik: Fra, 1968) Bulletins from the trenchesDeath in the Center Ring Timothy Leary’s Ultimate Trip og1ss6 ‘That's probably the worst place in the house to leave those,” ‘Tim barks st beautiful young assistant as she clears a pile ‘of vdeoosssettes trom the path of his oncoming elecaio ‘whoslchair. Then he stops shors. “What are they, anyway?” "Dead Man Walking, Mixon, Babe, some documentary, ‘he purple-haired gin neads ff the labels on the tapes. "susan gave me those, you know," Leary says, refarving to longtime friend Susun Sarandon, who has bean smuggling ‘him the special promotional tapes sent to Academy Members. “Take whatever you want. I've sosn them al already.” Ho stares atthe writing on one of the cassettes, drifting nto deop thought. “oliver Stone's here," the assistant reminds him, “Out on ‘the back porch. "Tinow that!” Tim says, as ihe didn't care who it was 50, lot's go." ls bandaged hand (biooding cancer sores) nimbly ‘manipulates the chairs joystick, sonding Loary careening though a steobe:it bedsoam dacrway sata the powder tive ‘aux furined corridor that leads ta the rest of Loary's rented ‘Boveriy Hills home, Paintings too numerous to diapiay lay on the Moor while plastic, mirrors, and fabric cover every other ‘surtaoe, even the windows. The house s a day-glo catacomb. “rim crashes ino a signed Kenny Sharf, then slope shore gun Se Kenny ooming this week? We have to make sure to Put 1b up! Somewhere nico." Tim lkos visitng emtsta to ‘themselves on the walls, He goto dltracted again, and alowly resches up towands a206 Cera os etch, Th mores mats him grimace bs Cormitad to the tad and cuetally fick he ove ane off aun, watting around fora igh to respond Meio Scena ho ~Wo'o ou" te asstansenswero, sheepishly fingering all sve hoop in hor navel "Wo go some pase "0h wel, Tun ays, necly runing ove the Fanning over th g's fot win the i ois hairs barges ana en is out toward the bana FHLB RY ne shout othe assed gust, The mon irector and two stars, same old Harvard pals, i ‘ution and three newepaperjumalss wns ead interval a around the toon ee cota nkingIaghy's wine, smokin hs pok,oc hola ae something ty want inary to sgn of cherie ee, ec i ge etn at ices" at gear seta urge egestas “on Surana pei span acute syllables. im = eo i eyrteae tar Salas mos are Ses a {Tumothy Leary has boen rehearsing his death for thinty years As a longtime admirer and personal frend of hocy's for the past ten years, Iwas eternatively thrilled and 4s prognotcators forthe Gully ora sje ‘oped seuiane uk eninwared a neroniman and mide as ate ip tha wor at onc inping tad era —teay alway saw payee sa pass er eek ret of deamon tat he fou oneal dae ot his eary books on AD, the PayehodelieHayorinncen ‘Mapiation othe ancient tboan Book of he heat ee ay and his Harvard cohove elieed wars puinonet oe one Ba et no the ptt to the we ser a Journ exprienot on 1. Bulletins from the Trenches 207 Leary bognn iis death actos continuation of his lifelong ‘age show ~ confirmation of his devi-may-care repudiation ‘of obsolete social customs, from prosecution of drug-users to the pereooution of amokers. On laarning of his inoperable rotate cancer, he realized he was smack in the middle of Another great taboo: dying, And onoe again, true to character, Ihe wasn't about to surrender tothe fear and shame we fsocinte with desth in modern times, Ho, this was going tobe ‘party A osebretion. Our modiasavyy euitural nenegade was (eing to milk i for every aodond of atrimo and ootumn of ‘Bowsprint waa worth. Timothy Leary, High Poet O€8D and (Ghampion of Cyberspace was back. Pine, there was the "75tb and Binal Burthday Party", tn ‘Ostober 98, at whloh Timethy ané shout 600 of his closest Iniends — ranging trem Tony Curtis and Liza Minell to Persy ‘Farrel and Yako Ono - consumed champagne, nitrous arid land a giant birthday enke motiouloualy designod from 1960" Dlotteracid ar into a mooaie of Lesry's head, We praised him ‘and then we ate him, all courtesy of 8 generous catering ‘budget from fm director Tony Soot. As the sun came up on the nevelers the next morning, workman on the Blut! ‘vetoed bulldnzed tho last remains ofthe Sharon Tat ‘house, where Charlie Manson's faraly had a party of a very ‘tforent aor, ving Laaxy's vision ofa paychodelictatare for ‘America a decidedly dsrker media spin. men there was the Web site (wrew.oary.com) ‘Tutankhamen in eyberepace. Tho thoughts, exe and images of Timothy's le uploaded into the datasphere for sternty. ‘The next best thing to consciousness on & microchip, the web sit was designed to live on long after his death, growing ever Digger ae Leary’s tremendous thousand carton archive is bosninod and digtized, and vieitane somtntntn aa oF {onverse in chat rooms, To promote the dying agenda, Leary Tisted is daily arog intaka, both legal and illegal, as well a5 the stanis of his disease A ig book deal (which 1 packaged) soon followed. Design for Dying wil be published ty HarperCollins next Spring. 1, Leary arguos for taking change of one's ow death process, from oryonis freesing of the brain to assiated auiide. & ‘detailed appendix gives readers the chanoe to calculate thetr fown “Quality of Tafe Scorecards,’ 90 that they may more foourataly aasess their Gesie to stay alive after losingalles fromthe Trower 208 —Sho could barely tolorate it then, and he Jon’ going to tolerate It now. Sighing as she looks out at he ‘mod Soene in the living reom, sho decides to leave for her (quiet bed and breaks up north that night, just one day tfter sho got here, “Our an the bak patio overioaking the psnoramis haze of 1a Angele, Tin’ hip helpers (@ haifdozen young artists sand computer whizzos who tena to his needs day and night) Sot up a video camara to record his interactions with Olver tone. But the young man who clumsily introduced himself to Leary out in the living 800m isso annoyingly persistent ‘hat Tim deoides to proaeas hum fst end be done with him. ~The bay tela @ciroultous tale about his father, who was a (radiate student at Harvard when Lossy was conduoting his ISD sessions, The student was strongly opposea to payohedelios use, and when he wandered into one of Leary’ ‘private, of-campus partis, he was scandalized ty the goings iso wnat?” asks Leary, annoyed. “Why are you tlling mo {pis now? I know all ths." Leary impstiontly drags the boy to ‘the conclusion of his story. Leary has much bigger fsh to fy. vinfy father went to his own thenepiet,” the bey explasn, ‘and told him whst he eave. It was the therapist, not my ‘other, who told the faculty about the party and the drugs." Leary sould care lesa about soothing the conscience ofa Aetractor trom thingy years ago, especially through a boy one: generation removed. The long letter that the boy's father sent ‘Tim detailing the whole ordeal had sat unread on the Imitation Xelth Haring dining room table forthe past two wreaks, *Pine Jeary say, cing me suppicntandvaraing votive” galls across the irc of lawn chairs, Stone 1s deep in another conversation about the effects and ‘availabilty of DMT ~a short-acting paychadelio joynide of epic ‘proportion - and doesn't respond to the fst summons, sonver.” Tim repeats, abit louder, as he hands off his glass ‘of white wine fora rel. (Glasses with stems heve boon ‘outlswod in tho house because they topple over 10 easly.) Svone nally tums to Timothy and smiles. The power of tbe ‘entire entertainment industxy seems to ait in his chair with ‘hum. Tim's eutobiogrephy, Flashbacks, has boon optioned ty20 | ci Interscope sovra tias Sow, and Stone's frequent visite {be house may Herald hs inner in sletine Gees a smowu's divedor~ Gnaly eve the prose maa mt Bur he wane to booome remembers ene nota Sone ion, bu ater Latsy Fyne eroevca etary asd hat a good ob Over way ene rouge Bographoal fn, im warmed poche gen, hat dan Ido fr you, Tm Sone ass ously i sew He de’ step wea al ballast night, and he's apont adage orth of maay ging dren, ino the whesshas Seg {he toophante and out onto the poreh Tim's rea ee rote make adel soe takes a sane Salling for imo, range ‘must have understood what ‘Tim asked. A it [=E Ipmaihime ay." you inaresat nating oor about one ofmy book" tac monde, ‘Put up or shut up. Gee "On, rime now? No Sone sage“ SUM FB! NOW? NO" Bon ay. Tm ne inking about Then why aro you nero? Do you wan somattingy™ sie, Beno aya "Um jst hon tovok or on asa Ha good, tim respond without a econ hess ae n't want anyone to make a movie, ot -Mesveall iced. yal fm has Son talking about or ovis Ho cron did an tervow abou tne tn eee Ee st How en ould he reopen a sy een?” Stone pursues where perhaps he shouldn', “Why leis from the Trenches ain ‘remindod, each time, that he ehould just sign his namo. 16 ‘business, not personal. ““hefore leaving with his entourage, Stone procures the yhumnber of somoone with acnnections to exotie paychotropies, fend gives his own number to 8 photographer selling ‘hindraising portraits of Tim. A fair exchange, “Tater that afternoon, most ofthe strangers have left and ‘Tim site with his loyal assiatante- the grea students of Leary 1. going through boxed of photos, signing the back of each fone and identifying the subjects 0's a6 fhe wants to his ‘Seain with te images of hia own life ~ load up is cerebral ‘am chips 90 that at the moment of dasth he'l be taking ‘everything he hae experionood with lam to the other side, S*Symno's thet? a beautiful blonde gl 1p @ eatin halter acks ‘he chows Tim a pionure of a man in a strango uniform Dolding a drink, “Srtnat's Captain Al Hubbard," Tim answees, squinting at the photo tumno waa no?” asks another Se, uh Tim avoosses his oorebral hard drive, he stole all ‘this LAD fom the GIA and gave it out in San Francisco." He thinks back a bit farther. “Tremember ho haa Sherif’: ‘badges from all over the counssy, and éiplomasie mani. Strange fella,” whose quiet moments are the best time - other than 4am in hh bedroom to glean what's really going on inside the ying man's head, Tal for a pause to tread on delicate turf, Sumnat did you mesn,” T eventually ask, “when you told Oliver that you didn’t want anyone to make a fim?” im dooen't say anything. I backpeda. He kept coming around acting lke he wanted to make ono," Toten. ST aid Tain’ want him to and I meant i," Tim answers, But whab if he walked in with a Drefoase with $100,000 ‘and said, “here, let's make the movi.”> ‘eell,” Tim replies, ~inst dosen't happen Uke thst. Te ‘would e muioh more somplicated than that. Sut you aig you didn't want —Tdbert want anything," Tim pieroos me with his ge. Ho! ‘ell here, all right. “That's all T meant. don't want. T wasn't {asking himn to do something boosuse F wanted i." After 8 few ‘more minutes of photo gxzing, Thmothy goes back to his212 Chea Baller the Trenches ‘doom to wort on some fa vit me ft pon wort pans * Anges ars photographer Dean Charolais ei ‘isto are abut the only oentinysxpron sa has complet and, according othe wa pen Semester Sein Sins tagcat pizita time ho ar <2 canara ds ve , unc. The gurney ha bo fled wih toe Ane of Tim, adored with flowers, a 21m, adored with flowers ate in font ofthe whale apologising for being “under sonstrotion’ This older friends and patrons - mostiy parttime vistors Sees cae ES Sonagnctenee, ieee ea socaig wate ep oes eileen toner hanging hi nens, responding to his whims, and mpeg 23 {nto aotion whenever ho shouta “Hello??27I!" only to nd bm collapsod, blooding, and disoriented. 1% 100Ks ike they're just sitting around repping and smoking clgsretes, st ‘i becatle they are ahell-choaked. These is aro rignt there with Tim in the piss and blood soakod trenches of his losing battle against death. And Just when they need thetr mentor the most ~to explain to them how to take allthis in strido he is slowly fading away. i's a traumatic experience, “eanhilo, the kida watoh each of Tim's weskena guests vith wary eyes, Bveryone has a ‘daa to make with Tim, and ‘Robogy is wo be trusted. In most caaae thi i justified - the Sharks vist every day ~ but sometimes it’s pure reflex. Danny Goldberg, of Gold arountain (ievans) fame and a longtime supporter of Timothy's career, has goten Tim to agree to @ ooord daal fora tribute album. Ho believes he can get stars like Madonna to sesord songs that use passages of Tim's. ‘iting oF samples of his voloo. But the de from the house flso have ideas sbout releasing their own tribute album using lesser-known but ‘cooler astiste, —they pore over Goldberg's contract after he has ltt, ‘hjeoting to points of law and tiny sipulations ~ party out of ‘onoorn for Tim's welfare, but just as conoerned for the Competition tis deal could create for hele own praject. However earnest they attempt to separate their own interests from Timothy's, the conflce is novitable. Tim 1s ‘both the greatest friend to them in the world, and thor bost shot at personal growth ana succeseful earoors. Love mixed ‘with aspiration mixed with foar mized with guilt “None of us atthe house can help ourselves from checking the huge monthly eslendas on Uae wall for advance notes of ‘nich oslabrty 1 going to show up when. Ram Dass and Ralph Motanar on Sunday afternoon attraote the ming peyhedelios soholaes, whale Larry Piyns eaishes & buading Joumnalis's eye, We al take note af Vimnona Ricer and ‘Wiliam Burroughs’ names, though the latter won't be arsiving until md-July, whieh wil arn out be too let. Worse yet isthe into ofthe archives. What happens when, im dice? Wall the archives get gold to Stanford? Will the TRS = ho has agreed to leave Tim's este alone until after he's gone ~ jump in and take everything? Does the film company Fave nignteto thom? Where's that contract? Wha about the loctronie rights?[iin no help in sorung thee quastions ou. Like a gure 3, Tim entarane ranyones ad and then lets them fight it cut amongst themselves, Ho just oar Ye een ting cach noble ne ae exsroiaing Tim's tre wil, onty we neaee asses ony wefheara in" acre By ovning Mmehy is back n ed with freak bth on fr pain relegate nitrous teieen see Ereryone siphon alfa biloon of hs her ov st lank Het to Tun ad wih ood sean ‘Tim winoes at the sound. : —"You oa al abou ape Tangs ao prone wayne eg Dav Prince, Lay -wrter comes in oO; tn witha belgrent fax from a biographer named Pular ©, Whieee Apes ‘ime bolieves he lo Lays oa ope ane an Ginctuding mo. jt Heay as gono old on Whitmer, who wroe a scathing ‘ography of Hunter 8, Tompson and spores aes foun ote owns he nm : ‘end ato Bueea Deing mugged by a literary sooundrel,” “ + country Drloing Tompson for hs ably to dec en ce, ‘and asking him for help arafting a cunning scenario’ to Dunit hin and hi ks Monga een wha phone mil and outinses pease a ee, {Eeayv nous on nw prcnge or re enon woul be wating asthe sor a tn, an hts, pill boo, opty glasses, ew nechos na balloons onthe nightoand, and a huge inolanen mes amiing omsnousiy in tho corner, A by onda cane great Bales from be Trenches 215 and somo just weind - hangs everywhere, van on the olin. ‘All four seat inthe room are wheelchairs, so Yoko clears lage for hereelf on tho bed next to Tim. A glant, 6x6 foot ‘Photo of Timothy sith John and Yoko atte ‘bad-n’ recording Gf'Give Peace a Chance” just happens to hang on the wall. sou ware e great man,” sho tals bim, patting his kn Was?" he responds, "We're still broadcasting!” ney inugh over the gaff. After she's gone, Tim tells us, “she domes only whan sho want to. On her own terms." I ook ot Tim, ready to diss her. "But that’s ust fine," he says. ove her £9 much. Ian’ she just 90 lovely?" Nothing makes ‘Tim happier than to hear his rienda praised. Too bad he had todo mart off. = vhuliam Burrouggs calls later that afterncon. Timcthy fextols the virtues of his paun-retionng fentanyl patch, and {then takes down Tl’s mailing sddrese. The old beat wants to ty ane on. Tim is honored to be turning on “the Bll Burroughs to a new opiate, We send it to Kansas by Pederal ‘mxpress John Lily visits a fow mights ina row to share some of his favorite drug, Ketamine, He administers a syzinge to Timoshy land then one to himself, and the two old friends ie on the Dea together as the dissoesative anesthetic draws them out ot ‘thor falling bodies fora time, eis Timothy's firs experience ‘with the ohemioal ~ now snorted in emallar doses as a club | ‘Geug and he dosan' have the bost tp, the whole universe had tinned into a book," he tells mo ‘sr about 8 the next moming, "But the tinding hed come out ‘and the pages ware floating free. I knew tt would take some ‘work to fina out which page to climb back onto.” "All Tim’ frends aay farewell in thelr gum ways - somo by getting something, and come hy ging comething, Timothy Seep and rocsives with tho same graciousness “"veryone soos their own Timothy Leary," he tells mo, then anita off to what looks lke sleep. He suddenly stirs, stares ab ‘me, and esks, “whet do you want?" ‘don’: want anything,” Toke, “He laughs. “You got mat Now you know how I fel!" Ie as been a long night, Dut Tum gets one of hs second winds and we are all sucked in. Ho makes us tako him to two patties, and then the Viper room for a quiok listen to an LAa 6 Coben ‘ound the whole som walnut movies histo "re you soared of yg” ask im at at miro ‘xed in place, ai ack Segoe going tough me he rerzng eyo hea Dut what you're abeaty dena, going th uh he Banco you wrct bout in tho Poyohedelic Eaporionce Soa ee fu gigi your ck aon nt pce posshophaacsogy, 58-40: mar, 77-85 105,107 eo prsshedelis de sting 19-21 Trip and, 12; binary 17O72; use ad, 4,95, 101 Dvs,ce Ear Fir, 14 Earth Gites, 7-86, 8,189; Big Heart Cy 36 85,88, 91,107, 1US-107, 121; Ton Ton, 82,4 1 91,107,116 and Uli aon 116119. 2 cotton 1-186 rode: Fed Gade “Monten Foreman), 184 185 scot 184 cet, 38-66, 03, 104120 ‘roar rae mie, 63 17. raes, 92,95 and TOPY, 26 ‘ata The MDMA Story Eine), oh Bn, Brae, 61, 6,105,196 Bletroni rons Foundation (EPP), 172,193,116 Land, 4, 38-3 sacs, machine, 8 68 Espa 23,2; sends 27 [EMU ayer, 40 Enel Pryce mpzne, glans in, 93-99; mga youth ule 114, 119 Bo, Bin 131-157, 12 ernment billboard, 15 soap, 1; rte feel Toop 8a a Gas phat ha). 77 Elen, "loge 45 ‘on, 6 154 ait and, 11-41, 143, and feelin op, 4 180 vale magne 92,96 cpt oer, 102,108, 108, 112, tors The, 193,196 Fanta vleplayng (FRE, 18-165, DA an brain machines, 190; ad start ds, 8667 feel 13, 18, computer omnes etwas 26 Gain 63,64 npative, 180-167 Borman, Be, 184238 Fn Sven 83,85, 107, 116 117 Festal 1217; hae and 54-95, 97, 101108, 19,1 lear and 43, 149; phe locking and, 94; She and 4% ia 65-65 10,187 Bad, 6-665; ‘deere, 186; hat 170 iter aedck loo, 6,10, 18; Lowock and 631, 186 ‘TODY en, 121 fees: elge, 159,16, 162-163 ‘aan rlyng FRE, 158165; veo 336 Gans, David 26-38 Gin, Wiliam, 119, 1, Tet (Gb Vig: E and 65 leon 122-28 177,18; mathemaican, 15: medi existence i, 195; Male ple and 180; physician, 50, ase X and 154 (Gout Gaps fo Het (GFE, 135-137 Gotfna, Ken, Sis, RU. overment, 170, computer, 6; ‘else contacto, 121, FDA, 186,87 88 190; hacker 7,13 See Sen, 15-139, 13 ne sve Gale Nin 47-48 Grace nd Zrkon 1-73 Gril Ps 10,16, 20, 26, 96 Git Dead Harri 26 Gwen Fre, 115-119, 123, 150 Grenpesc, 186 Galery Ee, 3,195 (GURPS (General Unies Role Paying Syste £55, 16,161 hackers, 3-11.24, 169,17 damage by. 3-10, 172-17, 182; sonal 144-5; CURDS, 15 nds Idee 7-10 aw and 172: ray hacking, 13sec 10,162 uadmouned daly 31,36 Hey Ma 81-88, 91-96 101 117, 118, I Seu on, 194, Sma Ba, 2 83, 86 91,116 188 ae pochedae trp 104, 14-113, [1 eral Ton Town bP, 191 soo af computes 17 cad of 6, 5,100,108 109,10 bose 92.98 Meena on, 69, 73 100; sea, 114; rerasace and mre 168-170 holographic ely 192,19, 10, mosey 43 Heian thous), 70-73 ute, 62-65, 91-119; Amica Engh, 9; cb, 62-66 7,82 51-113, 116-119 212-104, dance, 93,9485,97, 100, 104-10, isos, 3-98; map poms 92 mating 98-101 mi, 32-101, 107-110, 116 193-14 ostar se, 96-97, aes, 92-58 alin, 91a sel sina hyper acne, 116, Sti on, 94; and TOPY, 12, iit Hughes, Biya, 33-35, 37,91, 105, Hitchison, Mishel 9-190 sky als 50 Inder, 78 Fern, 23 Fans plying ik, 16; hese sen ke, 116, herr iks, 148, 146, 195 ‘hopin, 71 1G, 89 ‘imple ode, 102-103, 108 Inne Peony Compe us), 18139 Ides ‘oman eure 9 ao mp da inmate, 194 Trnoune ef Nec cece, 186 Ine 2, Homan ere Pre ieronnecednen, 22, 5657.64 meres 2-4 DOS ele, Ninh 29, ee chp 92 porch HV, 297 ten, Stoo vial val eran 1140181 mp commons ek 20,25 (Gane maia 5 ase fei 180187 Jackson, Sev, 19 Sea nan, Jeb, Steven 17, 19,176 al 20,125,126 189 oor lich 2 176 Keer Kar 460.82 i ie 79, 158188, 197 ew, Dy 7-182 Kem Ce 8,33 Laid Mak, 4-150 eo 30,9233 Ler, Roi Ug comps 72-7: ns So.not Lay Thy 3697.48, 46 6 ‘Bi meh wing 8 De Shofar GOP moi [jr an 7: and Mond 19,2038 38 Sera lL ap. 06 29) fe Esension Penn and Sh, era, 142-133;comic oo 150-135; apis 198 sit, 143-148 pre-e, Pe; pamaiate, 2-1 sea mins ot cmp 172 1 eva 31 186 prota, 87,101 1S. se 3, 6 57-38, and aid howe, 93; blurs #8 49-50, (2; coing down, 8, 49-30; ony ith 62 64 and hows, ay pls omg with, 52 inst 7,48, 19 ad VR 16 MeCanne. Pa 30 nahin hes 8-69 keane, Dini, ekenna, Tecra 4-45, 32, 108 139,169; nd DMT, 67-70, 164 tend the we 2,75, 100, Tosi ib Fre, 192s and poli, 52 Rave Xa 1549, Tedoguc’ 4;ndVR, 3-48, sn Za, 73 ‘Metaes, Ms 17 Madonna, 37 naga: Exolpaie "dei, 96, soon, 92 Fig Pron 191 Mage Dd 102 Noes 188 on ort Pressed Word 181-182; Resi Hck, 191 Relig Soe 14 85,88 91 Wind 193 reo Mond 2000 gine rai, 123: gue, 19: ad techno, 116-11, 120-127 age Ben! apse, 102 an neon ms, 37 ‘an memaey TOPY, 120-12.240 Mandel, Bono, 12, B14, 15 MAO inion, 70,104, 106-107, Hons. marketing 189: hows, 99-10], 189 aes: a sort, 0-17 ate consump maths anda, 132-133, 147; ‘erosional rey of uo, 1H-15-and psyched, HE spon 1416 35,18 ae hao ath ics mars i etn 142-143 Mayan Candas 70 108, 109,112 DMA, 661103104 ate tay mea 197; and commer, Is and hackers, 172,173, 179-177 in iran, 15,152; ad Mle People 17 vise, 4 7, 08, 18180; nd VR 30,31 wees maptineclovson Mello Whip, Las 8,85, 8, 107 memes, 189. 191-193 smexin, 38 6 Mile, snk 1,152 modems 23 MOD Ios of Deven, 175 Mole Pope 179, 180, Mondo 2000 mops, 4, 191-197, Eno tener, 133 rupees, 19; maaan, 138 192, 1195 Si 391137 139, 14 191-197; Thanking Pye 18; ad Toon Tw 91,92. 194 Mops Howe 192,194, 195 monkey Te, 3 moa be. 25: Mek on, 75 ‘Nargis, 91,191, 192,193, 197 mohegan il, 4-46 48 ‘Baro ad 15; hose ad 1596 alps. 4546 Inde 45, 52,6668 aa idea, 85 or Ma Quen 13192193, 197 snore pein 632-5, ‘on ss, 0,201, 13-14 cd ons, 92,9) 9: amb 98 131,12 bac 9 ep, 98 dcp, a 8 tegen 98, GOTT 135-17 hoarng he 8 ipo. 135 hae 65920, r=, 16, BI: bone ec, 98 data 1315, 155 ma ingen 1 imo, tne a 98 New ‘ork hse, 58,133 San Drews Diol 9 thc diner TOPE 1SS9 Moke B23 36 MeL ne Bi Cato Nacht Jak, 18 "Nek Lane (Bron), 142,83, ‘Neo Cry 3-534, 56 Nelson. Te 25 nem hip 32 ever, 120-127; ces pis, Nagi roping NLP Novena (ion) 119,13, Tc New gs pope, 197 wal sien Nowa 188 New Yorke Mle People, 179,190 ocpies. 78 86 Nos fro the Undogrnd (Grae td Zan, 74 cs war apa pint and, 15 [Nate Cal 86 8,107 Indes trent rag 78st 778, 106,107 (Oe tin te Fae (Geb 47 ‘Optik, Phir 173,193,176 ‘Okan, Brendan, 186 Ons, ons 93.120, 133136 Orwell, Geng, 171 ni 6,64, 68,99 gan mets, 15, IM-127 ln moi humans pamvor 6,27 arch histo, 170 Fanon, Dock, 78, 88 enone! nurchemicl aden pecking 94,95 Dilip, Nick 92,101,113 Phone Stone, 6 Prac gui, 4 ric 2, 103, 109 PioPaco Tico, 36 DIN nomen, 38-40 eta, 78 86.87 Plage, 13 Prt, Man and, 198 Pron, pag pet and 115 os, hoe 97 os Ron, 158165 Pot Rest, 158-165 Fetpochedei ete, <7. 68 Fneston University, Fourth Wold Center, 132 by Pipeline’ aii, Pred Worl 18, 182 Pry informatica sie), 23 Programe, and psc, wea roping, mar: eto and, 125; sma ran 79.50 2a rip 46, 52-5, Pris, 1, 45-7693, 171195, 196; ape, 6,71, 110s ae 6 8,93, 62 ra truhines ap, 190 Burougs an, 1, 15; hott, 58, 99cm ho, 46°50, 79 and compute, 1H, 14-21 and ep, 6, 6 68 319395; rho, 5,69, 7050 Fan 70 Sogn, 7: ep 39. 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