presoak@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 days 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-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down129
arrow-up136arrow-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 · edit-23 days agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days 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.