Description: "Like the best psychedelic experiences, On Drugs estranges the familiar, familiarizes the strange, and returns us to reality (whatever that is) with a broadened sense of the possible. Justin Smith-Ruiu is simply one of the most interesting thinkers alive, and he has found an ideal subject for his peculiar brand of brilliance." --Christopher Beha, author of The Index of Self-Destructive Acts
Brief description: Justin Smith-Ruiu is a professor of history and philosophy of science at the Université Paris Cité. He is the author, most recently, of The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is. He writes regularly for Harper's, WIRED, the New York Times, and other publications. He lives in Paris.
Review Quotes: A winding, ambitious rumination on what the use of psychedelics might reveal 'about the relationship between mind and the world.' . . . profound . . . Open-minded readers will find much to chew on.-- "Publishers Weekly"