[abledon]

Gabor Maté is a great public speaker but some of his thinking has some leaks when further prodded [1]. If it could be synthesized and refined a bit more , (maybe his successor?) I think it would help the psychology field in moving to a more holistic approach of the human being and less of an isolated problem / mechanistic one.

[1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/addiction-in-society...

[neonate]

That's an interesting article but it's a critique of Maté from a humanistic, non-biomedical position that thinks he isn't radical enough in rejecting the biomedical/disease model of addiction. Mainstream critics would reject Maté's views for opposite reasons. In this sense the author and Maté are largely on the same side.

[loceng]

Search for "gabor mate ayahuasca" on Google/YouTube and watch some videos, Mate is quite familiar with the biology of addiction. There is a reason he isn't being combative against the status quo also, as it gains no one's favour if you're simply engaging someone in 'combat' - causing their ego mind guard to go up to protect one's present moment indoctrinated knowledge, perhaps we can say that knowledge being tied to their sense of meaning and their tribe, so they are reacting with the strength of defending their tribe.

Suggested to watch:

Gabor Mate talking about Ayahuasca (6 mins) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScP2tIJJ2BA

David Suziki The Nature of Things episode on Ayahuasca (45 mins) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DTEGrB5_ZE