a carefully curated treasure trove
of miscellaneous conscious
evolutionary utopian artworks,
auditory & visual,
curated by Neonn Felicity
The following is a randomized highlight reel of the most prodigiously felicitous pieces of my information diet, the media that I believe every conscious person ought to digest and share. This site will be a constant work-in-progress, as I continue in my quest to discover and curate the most enlightening art and literature I can find in cyberspace.
So really, thanks for being here! Cosmic Evolution appreciates your intentional attention! And it is my sincerest hope that you benefit from these exceptional philosophical artistic geniuses and their various epic masterpieces as much as I have. I owe the depth and breadth of my own consciousness to the profound truth and goodness in their vision, and to their powerful ability to express it so beautifully.
♥ Enjoy & Evolve ♥
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❝ In the early 1960s, computers haunted the American popular imagination. Bleak tools of the cold war, they embodied the rigid organization and mechanical conformity that made the military-industrial complex possible. But by the 1990s—and the dawn of the Internet—computers started to represent a very different kind of world: a collaborative and digital utopia modeled on the communal ideals of the hippies who so vehemently rebelled against the cold war establishment in the first place.
From Counterculture to Cyberculture is the first book to explore this extraordinary and ironic transformation. Fred Turner here traces the previously untold story of a highly influential group of San Francisco Bay–area entrepreneurs: Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth network. Between 1968 and 1998, via such familiar venues as the National Book Award–winning Whole Earth Catalog, the computer conferencing system known as WELL, and, ultimately, the launch of the wildly successful Wired magazine, Brand and his colleagues brokered a long-running collaboration between San Francisco flower power and the emerging technological hub of Silicon Valley. Thanks to their vision, counterculturalists and technologists alike joined together to reimagine computers as tools for personal liberation, the building of virtual and decidedly alternative communities, and the exploration of bold new social frontiers.
Shedding new light on how our networked culture came to be, this fascinating book reminds us that the distance between the Grateful Dead and Google, between Ken Kesey and the computer itself, is not as great as we might think. ❞Categories: Books, Lectures, Literature, Symposia, Talks
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Hamilton Morris
Interviews Michael Pollan
92Y Psychedelic Medicine Interview [2020]
(the following is an excerpt from my book)
There is an absolutely brilliant 92Y interview that Hamilton Morris, one of the most prominent psychedelic advocates in America, did of Michael Pollan, the mainstream journalist who recently wrote a book on the current renaissance called How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. I think the book will probably ultimately be positive for the movement to mainstream psychedelics simply because he is such a square type of mainstream media figure, normies will be far more inclined to read him less antagonistically than they would read someone like me.
But he does problematically talk mad shit on Dr. Leary and the counterculture in that book, which is why Hamilton’s interview was so great. He pushed back on Pollan’s central thesis, which is that psychedelics seem like they could be great psychiatric medicines, but there is not enough science yet to fully prove their efficacy and they need to be used in strictly controlled clinical settings with guides to help people through their trips. As somebody who has tripped hundreds of times and never had a “guide,” I really object to the assertion that everybody needs a professional tripsitter in order to do these things safely and get great benefits out of them. Surely, it would be great if guides were available to folks who wanted one, especially on their first psychonautical expedition, but most people can get on just fine without one.
My favorite part of the interview was when Hamilton makes a profound analogy between the Prohibition on psychedelics and a hypothetical Prohibition on music. It’s perfect because both of those cultural phenomena are quite similarly foundational to the human experience:
“And of course I agree with all this, you know, I’m a believer. I want all of this to be true. I want them to be legal. I want them to be medicines. I want all this research to have tremendously promising results, but I’m also extremely worried because I think if we look at them exclusively as medicines and don’t emphasize just cognitive liberty—the freedom to do things regardless of whether or not they’re medicinal—it’d be like if somebody made music illegal, and instead of saying, “Well it should just be legal because why not? Just make it legal; it doesn’t hurt anyone,” everyone said, “Oh, no, we can prove that it’s a medicine. And then, if it’s a medicine, then then it’s okay for everyone to use it. And look, it actually helps people with neurodegenerative diseases and certain people with PTSD if they listen to a certain type of music under very controlled circumstances, it can actually be tremendously therapeutic. We need to make this legal.” But then it would cost money and the whole thing would be a mess, and you would sort of neglect the overarching issue, which is: Why is this even controlled in the first place?”
Categories: Interviews, Symposia
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Eben Moglen (of the Software Freedom Conservancy) @ Law of the Commons Conference, National Lawyers Guild, Seattle University 2009
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Mike Figueredo
The Humanist Report
Political News & Commentary Show
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BUSTED: Abdul El-Sayed’s Opponent Gets Caught Paying Influencers to Gas Her UpWatching (& Debunking) Trump's Election-Denying Primetime Address (w/ Kristina) | Leftist Mafia #178Dem Leaders NEVER Miss an Opportunity to Give Their Own Base the FingerMass Pearl-Clutching Ensues Over Celebrations of Lindsey Graham’s DeathA Sincere & Respectful Tribute to Senator Lindsey GrahamDesperate Establishment Democrats Try to Tie Abdul El-Sayed to Graham PlatnerHEATED Graham Platner Debate (w/ Zaid Tabani) | Leftist Mafia #177Why Absolutely Nobody Should be Surprised by the Graham Platner AllegationTrump’s Baby-Brained Supporters Made America 250 Feel Like a Parody1/708Categories: Afternoon News, Evening News, News, Symposia, Vlogs, YouTube Channels
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Insomniac
Audiotistic
Hard Electro-House & Bass Day Massive
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Categories: Events, Shows, Upcoming Shows
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Wisecrack
Why are Smart People So Dumb?
Sociology Mini-Documentary [2020]
“Are some of your favorite famous smart people starting to sound kind of… dumb? We swear you’re not alone. We’ll explain why intellectual discourse has become pretty stupid in this Wisecrack Edition on The Death of the Public Intellectual.”
Categories: Animations, Montages, Symposia, Vlogs
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CloZee
Cinematic Psychedelic Bass Producer [France]
“Chloé, french music producer
MGMT: brandon.ginsberg@redlightmanagement.com
BOOKING: Mary Allen – Mary@minttalentgroup.com“
Categories: Bass, Downtempo, EDM, Music, Progressive PsyBass, Psychedelic Bass, World Beat
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Timothy Leary
Find the Others…
Quote
“Admit it. You aren’t like them. You’re not even close. You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them, watch the same mindless television shows as they do, maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes. But it seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel like an outsider, watching the “normal people” as they go about their automatic existences. For every time you say club passwords like “Have a nice day” and “Weather’s awful today, eh?”, you yearn inside to say forbidden things like “Tell me something that makes you cry” or “What do you think deja vu is for?”. Face it, you even want to talk to that girl in the elevator. But what if that girl in the elevator (and the balding man who walks past your cubicle at work) are thinking the same thing? Who knows what you might learn from taking a chance on conversation with a stranger? Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others…”
A great article about this quote by Jordan Bates
More quotes from Timothy Leary on Goodreads
Categories: Literature, Quotes
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Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, John Iodorola (+Guests)
The Young Turks
Political News & Commentary Show
1/1619Cenk COOKS Trump’s PATHETIC Speech #breakingnews #tyt #cenkuygurReporter Exposes Who May Be Controlling McConnellCenk Serves Racist Conservative INSTANT KARMAWho Is Benefitting From Hegseth's Latest Harebrained Idea?Ben Shapiro NUKED By His OWN AUDIENCEIran WARNED Vance About Kushner & Witkoff'Bruhh!' Cenk Reacts To Trump's AddressIsrael First FREAKS OUT Over Vote To End AidHouse Dems REVOLT Against Israel1/1619Great political analysis of the day’s news. They were my favorite news source for a long time, & the reason I started getting my news from YouTube in the first place, but I haven’t watched them as much lately since I’ve found so many more amazing channels. I definitely still watch them regularly, but they’re no longer my favorite commentators. Check ’em out!
Categories: Afternoon News, News, Symposia, YouTube Channels
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❝ Society is broken. We can design our way to a better one.
In our interconnected world, self-interest and social-interest are rapidly becoming indistinguishable. If current negative trajectories remain, including growing climate destabilization, biodiversity loss, and economic inequality, an impending future of ecological collapse and societal destabilization will make ‘personal success’ virtually meaningless. Yet our broken social system incentivizes behavior that will only make our problems worse. If true human rights progress is to be achieved today, it is time we dig deeper―rethinking the very foundation of our social system.
In this engaging, important work, Peter Joseph, founder of the world’s largest grassroots social movement―The Zeitgeist Movement―draws from economics, history, philosophy, and modern public-health research to present a bold case for rethinking activism in the 21st century.
Arguing against the long-standing narrative of universal scarcity and other pervasive myths that defend the current state of affairs, The New Human Rights Movement illuminates the structural causes of poverty, social oppression, and the ongoing degradation of public health, and ultimately presents the case for an updated economic approach. Joseph explores the potential of this grand shift and how we can design our way to a world where the human family has become truly sustainable.
The New Human Rights Movement reveals the critical importance of a unified activism working to overcome the inherent injustice of our system. This book warns against what is in store if we continue to ignore the flaws of our socioeconomic approach, while also revealing the bright and expansive future possible if we succeed.
Will you join the movement? ❞
Categories: Books, Lectures, Literature, Symposia, The Zeitgeist Movement
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Beat Kitty
Psychedelic Experimental Bass Producer & DJ
“Low frequency badassery
Resonate / Muti Music / Mallabel / The Gradient PerspectiveBookings: Jared@thegradientperspective.com
Let’s Bounce:
Beat Kitty is a DJ, producer, and an avid curator of low-end frequencies geared to get your body moving. Her eclectic selection of soundscapes are unique and her dance-floor vibes infectious; blending beautiful timbres and downright dirty beats. Her hybrid of global and timeless sounds blend perfectly with heavier, grimier bass lines, weaving a tapestry of halftime, trap, hip hop, DnB and more.Beat Kitty has recently shared her soundscapes internationally, playing festivals such as Bamboo Bass, Emissions, EDC, Camp Bisco and Mysteryland to venues such as Meow Wolf, Flash, Otherworld and the Knitting Factory. She has played support for Baauer, ivy Lab, Glitch Mob, iLL Gates, iLL-Esha and Soohan and has received press in DJ Mag, RunTheTrap, WookofWallstreet, and more.”
Categories: Bass, Dubstep, EDM, Experimental Bass, Music, Post-Dubstep, Psychedelic Bass, World Beat
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IMMINENT CYBERCORPORATION
International Vaporwave Collective
“Worldwide Hardwave 🌎 Vision / Community / Label / Agency. Global reflexion under the rays of the sad neon sun. Fall from the matrix, exit from the source code, connection in a single gust with the noosphere. Сyberfuture imminent. You can’t hide from our sound. IMMINENT is an international art community dedicated to producing, promoting and sharing progressive and futuristic works of art with a particular focus on contemporary electronic music. Our goal is creating a unique artistic vision of the future while celebrating the culture and technology of the modern age. We invite you to take a glimpse of our own digital metropolis of music, consisting of the most colourful, creative, beautiful and sensual sounds and imageries.”
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Thought Process
Downtempo Bass & Lo-Fi Producer
contact: music.thoughtprocess@gmail.com“
Categories: Bass, Downtempo, EDM, Lo-Fi, Music, Psychedelic Bass
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{miscellaneous contributors}
Jacobin
Political Philosophy Show
1/140Who controls who in the US-Israel relationshipThe Jacobin Show: Live EditionWhy was America's 250th birthday a massive bummer?The socialist history of July 4thHamilton sold liberals a fantasyFighting for democracy in a declining empireCornel West: Don't fetishize TrumpBernie has the only answer to A.I.Socialist response to Elon Musk's $1.77 trillion SpaceX IPO1/140Categories: Afternoon News, Evening News, Panel Discussions, Podcasts, Symposia, YouTube Channels
