Digital Drugs Delivered by Sound

Editor's Note

Hello from London!

For quite some time, I've been a fan of binaural beats to help me study/work/read over the years, but hadn't quite appreciated the power that they have with some people reporting they can reduce pain, enhance memory, and ease anxiety and depression. A recent study has been looking into this further:

There's no shortage of experimenters willing to give binaural beats a go. Which for 12 percent of those who reported listening to them recently, includes attempting to replicate a psychedelic experience.

"Much like ingestible substances, some binaural beats users were chasing a high," Any potential concerns that listening to mind-altering music might be a stepping stone for substance abuse later weren't supported by the study. If anything, most of those hoping for a change of consciousness were already using other illicit drugs.

I certainly believe there is some truth in these types of highs. But just like some of the unknowns, there is quite the science proving it - and there's not really the backing to go and do these types of studies. In the meantime, I'll believe the stats, I'll use my binaural beats to get me to focus and some Hans Zimmer to enlighten my soul.

Stay Curious,

Onward! - Rahim

PS. If you're interested in how to leverage your brain, sometimes called the "second brain" using tools like Notion etc, I can recommend the Second Brain summit videos, especially the ones from Tiago Fort

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