[francesca]

The connection of psychedelics to capital efficiency and growth is wild to me - I do love Matt Levine's newsletter and I feel that part of this commentary was satirical in order to make a point.

I feel like Silicon Valley's psychedelic era is like a strain "tech bro" wellness culture (often referred to as "biohacking"). And just like wellness culture it's really hard to distinguish something that is helpful in small doses vs. something that becomes a gratuitous lifestyle (like drinking charcoal or putting jade eggs somewhere you shouldn't).

[operatingthetan]

>Silicon Valley's psychedelic era

The Bay Area's psychedelic interest well predated tech capital.

[hn_throwaway_99]

There is usually a difference between when people talk about "The Bay Area" (i.e., the geographic location) vs. "Silicon Valley" (i.e. a metonym for the tech industry in the bay area).

Psychedelics obviously were a big feature of SF and the bay area for a long time, but that's very different than saying they are an accepted part of the corporate tech world there.

[operatingthetan]

At least we have a long list of cliches about Steve jobs and others tripping and starting companies dating back to the 70's and 80s! I don't think it's wrong to suggest both the Bay Area and SV's interest in those drugs started around the same time.

[hn_throwaway_99]

Yeah, very fair point, thanks for bringing that up, made me think about it differently.