Ketamine King: Tech Bros, AI Delusions, and the Politics of Dissociation
Acid Horizon30 Mar 2025

Ketamine King: Tech Bros, AI Delusions, and the Politics of Dissociation

CW: Includes references to drug use and racialized violence discourse. King Ketamine: https://www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/king-ketamine Acid Horizon welcomes back Taija Mars McDougall to discuss her latest essay “King Ketamine,” published in Parapraxis Magazine. Together, we examine how ketamine—favored by Silicon Valley elites like Elon Musk—has become the drug of the techno-fascist sacrament, fueling disassociation and delusions of divine-like Promethean capitalism. Drawing ...

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