_ /(_______ /\_______ | ____/ _ / ____ \ _ | (____ ____)\ / (___ `\ \)\ | ____\ / \ \ _____ `\ \ / | (_____ / /\ \_______) \ \/ | \ \/ /\ \ |______ /\_____ / \____ / ) / \ / \ / \/ \/ Edge of Sanity '93 Tittle : Timothy Leary on Mind Expansion Software Issue # : EDGE004.TXT Size : 6488 bytes Released : 03-04-93 Written by : Toxic Cockroach ------------------------------[ EoS Disclamer ]------------------------------- --> This file is in no way a true representation of what the author(s) feelings or intentions are. --> This file may contain information that may offend some people, If you feel you may be one of these people who are offened, please destroy your copy of this file, may it be hardcopy, or digitaly stored, or by any other means of recording information. --> And futhermore, In no way shall the author(s) or other members of the EoS text file group be held responsible for any actions the reader of this file may take from the infomation presented. ----------------------------[ E(nd) O(f) S(hit) ]----------------------------- [Note : the following is a interview with Dr. Timothy Leary from Oct\1991's Compute magazine - Toxic Cockroach] Timothy Leary is the Former Havard Pyscology professer whose philosophy `Tune in, Turn on, Drop out' changed the face of America in the 1960's. Since then, his interests have turned to computers and Virtual Reality. Periodically, Dr. Leary appears on America Online for informal interaction with subscribers. Here is the transcript of one of his recent appearences. Timothy Leary : Let me say a few words about what's been going on in my life these days. We're working on a news letter which has a tentative publication date of July 4th. The name is Tentatively `Timothy Leary's animations.' The news letter will be very interactive. We'll be soliciting articles from our readers for future editions. Question : Dr. Leary, what prompted you to get into software? Also, any electronics-related storues you can relate to use from the 60's? Leary : What prompted me to get involved with software is the interaction between computers and the human mind. The languages of computers gave me the metaphor i was searching for 20 years ago. As [for] the 1960's, that's a `whole nother lifetime.' We're now in the 1990's. Why look back? Q : Tell us about your software for mind expansion. Leary : The resoning behind the mind expansion software is the empowerment of the individual where everything that appears on the screen is what *you* have put on there. Q : What have you been doing in recent years, Dr. Leary? Leary : I'm the head of two very influential software development companies. One is called FUTIQUE; and the other is TELELECTRONICS. We are devoloping 3-d electronic environments for the Mac, IBM and the new 16 bit videogame appliances. Our compaies aim is to load onto compact disc prefabricated fully furnished homes, gardens, landscapes, and any environment that the user would like to `Boot Up.' Q : What do you think of the Libertarian Party? Leary : I am an enthusiastic member of the Libertian party. I think that in Politics the politicians of both parties, Democratic [and] Republican, pander to to the lowest common denominator. Therefore, Newtons Law of politics is true: `In politics the scum rises to the top.' For this reason, I back the libertian party. Our aim is to diminish, decrease, decimate the power of the state to interefere with the individual's life. Q : Have you been doing any experiments with virtual reality ? Leary : Yes, I am involved with several groups devolping TELEPRESENCE environ- ments and electronic environments. I probably give more lectures and demonsta- tions about VR than anybody in the field. Q : When will `Mind Mirror' be availible for macintosh? Leary : We are trying to get an update and revision of `Mind Mirror' for the mac. With Graphics, Graphics and more graphics! It is one of the two great sorrows of my life that `Mind Mirror', my wonderful head program, was never translated for my mac-using friends. Q : Do you have any software [currently availible] for the Macintosh? Leary : I do not have any funtioning Mac software. I can, however recommend four Mac products which convert the screen into a comfortable, livible, 3-D environment. These programs are 1) `Virtual Valerie', 2) `Spaceship Warlock', 3) `Manhole'and 4) `Cosmic Osmo.' Q : What about the software you are currently working on ? Leary : We are working, as i mentioned before, on developing 3-d preograms which will allow performers to select and moce around in an electronic enviro- nment. Our programs are `interactor' theaters where a small group can assemble for purposes of education, entertainment and elightment. The three's E's of the electronic twenty-first century. Q : Dr. Leary, could you comment on the advent of virtual reality? Someone pointed out that it could be compared to LSD. Do you see this new technology as a substitute for drugs ? Leary : No. Virtual Reality isn't a substitute for organic psychedelic plants and drugs. Psychedelic drugs allow you to exit the repetitious word processes of your mind to boot up limitless programs, directories, and files in your brain. All of which are techinicolor, multimedia, and moving at the speed of light. On the other hand, electronic devices like the new computer-graphics hardware allow you to select electronic patters and multimedia environments to express the panoramas of your brain. ------------------------[ Edge Of Sanity '93 ]-------------------------------- The Sanitarium [ EoS Hq ].............................604-272-5980 Genesis [ -H-W- site ]................................604-325-1088 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------