https://www.recode.net/2018/5/16/17358484/michael-pollan-how-to-change-your-mind-book-drugs-engelbart-kara-swisher-podcast

Talk to someone in Silicon Valley about techies taking psychedelic drugs and they might bring up Burning Man or Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. But the practice is older than that — way older.

“There are very deep roots in Silicon Valley, going back to the ’50s,” journalist and author Michael Pollan said on the latest episode of Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher. “There’s something about engineers and psychedelics that needs to be explored.”