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McKenna uses the history of substances to track a shift in human social structures:

: He famously describes television as a modern "electronic drug" that flattens human experience and suppresses individual consciousness. Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original T...

The book offers a revisionist history of more common substances, arguing that our current "drug problem" is actually a crisis of connection. McKenna uses the history of substances to track

Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge : a Radical History of Plants, Drugs and Human Evolution Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original T...

: Early hunter-gatherer groups that utilized organic psychedelics like mushrooms to maintain egalitarian, nature-connected communities.

: Increased visual acuity (specifically edge detection), making early humans more effective hunters.

: Acted as an aphrodisiac, increasing libido and reproductive success while promoting social bonding and community cohesion.