[hoppyhoppy2]

I read the "best minds of my generation" comment as a reference to the opening line of Howl by Allen Ginsburg. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl

Though I don't know if it was an intentional reference or just a coincidence.

[w0de0]

Of course it was an intentional reference! The meat of the meaning is in the reference, not the plain words!