presoak@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month 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-square39fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down132
arrow-up129arrow-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-21 month agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month 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.