// about this site...
This
website is dedicated to the spirit of
Dr. Timothy Leary, PhD.
(1920-1996)
In late 1987, I graduated from Penn State with a degree in psychology. Although my original interest in that field was to do clinical work (therapy), I was frustrated by the authoritarian stance of most clinicians and the lack of concrete results in the practice of therapy. Fortunately, I found some amazing mentors and friends in the cognitive department and the research methodology was too fascinating to resist.
A few months after graduation, I found a book called Info-Psychology by Timothy Leary. Leary suggested that human evolution was a continuous process with clearly defined stages. He wrote that specific actions could accelerate this development and that you and I--with a little help from our friends--could learn how to navigate our own nervous systems.
As I dug deeper into more of Leary's writings and lectures, I began to see the possibilities of using new technologies to increase intelligence, have more fun and help other people.
This website is inspired by my desire to share the best resources I can find regarding Dr. Leary's work and to, in some small way, follow in his footsteps.
- Sean Kearney