Short-termist arguments against psychedelics/drug reform as an EA cause area usually focus on reputation risk.
I want to brainstorm more ideas about potential benefits and risks from a longtermist perspective. Any ideas?
Short-termist arguments against psychedelics/drug reform as an EA cause area usually focus on reputation risk.
I want to brainstorm more ideas about potential benefits and risks from a longtermist perspective. Any ideas?
Psychedelics could be a tool for enhancing 'benevolence' in a mind enhancement context.. (see https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/FvZmZdqHNofJyw4Xv/mind-enhancement-a-high-impact-high-neglect-cause-area) Also, there is quite a bit of literature on moral enhancement, some of it focusing on psychedelics. I am planning on writing a cause area profile examining Importance, Neglectedness and Tractability of moral enhancement soon. Would be happy to collaborate/chat!
Interesting question... some random brainbreezes:
Adding to MaxRas brainbreeze list of possible positive effects ("increase cosmopolitanism, increase inward-focus/caring about moment-to-moment experience, decreasing aggression/increased peacefulness, increasing general mental health"): creativity/pursue of new lines of ideation, less addictions, moral circle expansion, increase in nature relatedness, and gaining WISDOM.
Talking about a longtermist perspective I would like to cite Toby Ords introduction to his book "The Precipice", where he talks about the importance of WISDOM for longterm secur... (read more)
There's also the psychedelics in problem-solving experiment. The experiment involved having groups engineers solve engineering problems while on psychedelics in order to see if the psychedelics would enhance their performance.