Book · recommended on 2 episodes
The Doors of Perception
Aldous Huxley ISBN 1559271914
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Aldous Huxley ISBN 1559271914
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This book by Aldous Huxley has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Diary of a CEO, Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Alex O'Connor, Michael Pollan. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-07-06 and the most recent from 2025-09-29. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“Aldus Huxley writes in the in the doors of perception essential reading to anybody interested in consciousness by the way”— Alex O'Connor
The guest here is Alex O'Connor, Greg Koukl & Dr. Alok Kanojia (Dr. K): Alex O'Connor is an agnostic philosopher and YouTuber (CosmicSkeptic); Greg Koukl is a Christian apologist and author of 'The Story of Reality'; Dr. Alok Kanojia is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and founder of Healthy Gamer who blends neuroscience with Hindu/yogic spiritual practice. An atheist, a Christian apologist, and a psychiatrist-spiritualist debate whether life has objective meaning amid a youth purpose crisis.
“i had read aldous huxley's dorsal perception when i was working on how to change your mind it's a wonderful essay i encourage everybody to look at it”— Michael Pollan
The guest here is Michael Pollan: Bestselling author of eight books including How to Change Your Mind and The Omnivore's Dilemma, and a longtime New York Times Magazine contributor who teaches writing at Harvard and UC Berkeley. His newest book is This Is Your Mind on Plants, examining three psychoactive plants: caffeine, opium, and mescaline. Michael Pollan explores caffeine, opium, and mescaline, the history and politics of the drug war, and the future of psychedelic medicine.
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