Jordan Criss on Visionaries, Psychedelic Research, and Creativity

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In this episode, we are joined by frequent guest Jordan Criss. Jordan is a local artist and now a writer in training. In our first conversation for 2019, we talked a bit about sports, traveling, and different books we’ve been reading. Spoiler warning we discuss a bit about Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. While we try to stay away from describing specific things just an obligatory warning. Jordan also shares more of his interest in screenwriting.

Show Notes (in chronological order):

• Football Season

• Boston

• Chicago Fans

• Jordan is a Patriots Fan (Gross)

•  Boston Trip

• Gillette Stadium (Link)

• Bills Mafia (Video)

• Freedom Trail (Link)

• Road Tripping - Yosemite National and Red Woods

• Graduation

• Five Year Work Anniversary 

• Learning Freedom

• Film Deep Dive: Interstellar (Link)

• Personal Psychology Framework (What is the technical term)

• Goodreads (Erich’s Profile) and Reading Goal

• The Dream Machine by M. Mitchell Waldrop  

• J.C.R Licklider (Wikipedia)

• Human-Computer Symbiosis

• Elon Musk and making ideas real

• Technology Adoption Cycle (Link)

• Neil DeGrasse Tyson Instagram post 

• look at history in from the point of its own context

• The hidden movers behind technologies today.

• Douglas Engelbart - Youtube Video

• How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

• Engineers and Psychedelics in 1960s Picture

Excerpt from How to Change Your Mind

• Psychedelics and creativity

• Types of studies (Double-blind) and difficulties in creating studies for psychedelics

• Placebo Effect (New York Times Article)

• Understanding the Brain - The Next Frontier

• Breaking down the meaning of Black Mirror

• Everyone could have a personal brand

• Storytelling in Sci-fi

• Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Discussion 

• R.L Stein Interactive Books : Goosebumps

• Leading the viewer to make decisions 

• Comparing Bandersnatch to Mass Effect (Game)

• Bandersnatch - is it worth watching?

• View Bandersnatch from a psychological lens

• Have a Bandersnatch viewing party (podcast incoming!!)

• Life is a game idea - groundhog day

• The meta ending of Bandersnatch

• Connecting it to Jumanji

• Jordan and Screenwriting Snobbery

• Dark Knight Screenplays

• Creating Batman as a symbol of fear for criminals 

• Lagunitas Chicago Brewery

• Perception of how the character should be portrayed

• Hugh Jackman as Wolverine

• Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Pendergast Novels (Most Recent Book)