presoak@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoReading is a kind of trance. A state of modified consciousness as powerful as any drug. And we all know what drugs can do.message-squaremessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down134
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareReading is a kind of trance. A state of modified consciousness as powerful as any drug. And we all know what drugs can do.presoak@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square38linkfedilink
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoYa I get that it’s addictive but it isn’t the drug-effect I’m looking at here. I’m looking at the deranging effects of periodic prolonged intense mental concentration. It’s as powerful as any drug.
Ya I get that it’s addictive but it isn’t the drug-effect I’m looking at here. I’m looking at the deranging effects of periodic prolonged intense mental concentration. It’s as powerful as any drug.