Terence McKenna "Timewave Zero (Acceleration of Time)"

Terence McKenna was an amazing storyteller. He infused comedy, stark realizations, romanticized psychedelic drug use, was very zany but always spoke with urgency, a certain degree of truth and amazing detail. When his speeches aren't infused with shitty techno he at points makes so much sense. He was a true artist or "Shaman". One of my favorite quotes by him was "You think you're "thinking" but you're actually listening."

This speech is about the acceleration of time given in 1994. Using a Timewave Table (which I do not know the theorem) he describes the history of culture and concludes with a calculation that @ late December 2012 time will accelerate (everything will be hyper-connected by computers) and distort time - ending humanity for some strange transcendence. I do not believe anything he says (though I hope it happens) but I love it and hope he is having a blast as some colorful space bacteria flying throughout hyperspace.

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