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Dr. Prash - The convergence of psychiatry, psychedelics, and cryptocurrency


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In this episode we speak with Dr. Prash, a medical doctor, CEO of a Cryptocurrency brokerage, leading researcher into the relationship of psychiatry and psychedelics, and more. 
In this episode we discuss: 

  • Dr. Prash dreams of a more psychadelic world
  • The intersection and future of psychedelics and medicine
  • The intersection of cryptocurrency and philosophy
  • Being a renaissance man - specializing versus broad knowledge
  • He was originally going to be a surgeon, but ended up being more fascinated by the mind than the body, and got into psychiatry because of psychedelics
  • Psychedelics are having a resurgence in the therapists office and in silicon valley 
  • Dr. Prash is an advocate for cognitive liberty - “We should be able to think to the potential limits of what we could potentially think, have the freedom to explore what we possibly can explore."
  • How ketamine differs from psychedelics and works as a treatment for depression.
  • What and where is the mind? 
  • Psychosomatic symptoms - is there a separation of body and mind?
  • Cryptocurrency and psychedelics are philosophically aligned with common goals
  • Could cyrptocurrency be the savior of psychadellic research? 
  • What is the value of currency? 
  • Dr Prash is a hippie in a suit
  • “We are the combination of the hippie and the hustle”
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