Microdose

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Microdose
Archetype	Acidhouse
Swag Score	3
Date Added	2024-06-22

[view source]Visual Elements

White t-shirt with red graphic of a smiley face with bear ears and text that says “THAT WASN’T A MICRODOSE”.

[view source]Cultural Context

Microdosing psychedelics has ancient roots in indigenous cultures across Mesoamerica and South America, where low doses of psychedelic plants (such as: psilocybin mushrooms, peyote, morning glory seeds, etc) were used daily or ritually for therapeutic benefits like pain relief, courage, aphrodisiac effects, or treating ailments, alongside higher-dose ceremonies. The contemporary culture exploded around 2015 in Silicon Valley as a "productivity hack" among tech workers, influenced by 1960s counterculture (Steve Jobs and Bill Gates experimented with LSD) and high-pressure optimization trends (nootropics, biohacking, etc). Media coverage in Rolling Stone and Forbes framed it as enhancing creativity and performance, spreading globally via online communities (Reddit's r/microdosing).

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Dominant Colors: White, red. Archetype: Acidhouse Swag Score: 3 Date Added: 2024-06-22 Sources:

• https://microdosinginstitute.com/microdosing-101/james-fadiman/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_microdosing
• https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0211023