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Chaos & Cyber Culture

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Leary does it again! That brilliant Irish neuronaut has once again travelled far into the future of humanity and come back to the past to tell us all about it. It is the first fun and scientific analysis of cyber-culture ever written. What's astounding about this book is that Leary conceptualizes Cyberia like no one before or since has done, with crystal-clear vision, irreverent wit, and razor-sharp insight. Many of his ideas in this book, and it was written a few years ago, have already diluted into the popular culture through magazines, television, and movies. This book is not just about psychedelic drugs, virtual reality, and questioning authority. It epitomizes the philosophy of the future which we are creating in the present. It is a manual of the future written by one man who has seen it. Forget Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Esther Dyson, when we look at computers today, and what they are fast becoming, remember that Tim Leary has been telling us all about it decades ago.

A wonderful feast for the mind and soul. If more of our books were like this, we wouldn't need--or even want--television!

i like tim leary's style. he keeps jumping in time, changing moods. one minute he's an entertainer, the next a philosopher. the next, a psychologist talking about his harvard psychedelic research project. he must have been at least 70 when he wrote this book, and it's very up-to-date. i can identify with a lot of what he's talking about it. somehow, being a very old man has not affected his abilities to see the spice in life. there are pitfalls of course. he gets monotonous at times, repetative. but overall it's a good book. . .also, i don't think it's intended to be read from cover to cover. feel free to jump around. jump around.

Archival Information, Artificial Intelligence

This is archangel idiotis delivering the treasure map.

Personality data-base transmission

the "Head Coach" says click on the reviewer's name to find the address of the treasure.

Timothy Leary seemed reluctant to comment, when asked if he would survive bodily death, except to state he'd spread his memories around as much as he could.

A good cyberpunk manifesto

a variety of the treasured libertarian-laden articles and essays of Dr. Tim, displayed with interesting graphics and text. A little color with so many photos would have been nice but for twenty bucks you get a lot of Leary in a big book.

A great synopsis that should turn on a few more people to the Leary magic.

Essential for the Leary collection.

I eagerly bought it as soon as I discovered it. Really fun book and worth getting it (esp used) for the insight into Timothy Leary and early 90's "Cyber" edge culture.