Terence McKenna – 126 Trialogue 2 Psychedelic Computing

[NOTE: The following quotes are from a conversation held in September 1991.]
Terence McKenna: “But in fact it seems that the ouroboros has taken its tail in its mouth and these two
concerns psychedelics and computers] are seen to be simply different approaches to the completion of the
same program of knowledge.”
Terence McKenna: “The citizen is an interchangeable part in the body politic.”
Terence McKenna: “Yes, I mean television certainly has an influence on the mass mind, but on the creative,
cutting-edge of the civilization it’s psychedelics. Television influences culture, but if you watch television it’s
psychedelics that shape the agenda of television.”