presoak@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 months 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-square40fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down134
arrow-up132arrow-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-23 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months 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.