The Pollination Approach & The Psychedelic Community Economics with Dr. Bennet Zelner

After an ‘abyss’ caused by his acquaintance with psychedelics, the economist Dr. Bennet Zelner switched the focus of his studies towards the 'Pollination Approach’ to the design of psychedelic wellness centers (and economic organizations in general). Join us today to hear what it was like to realize that everything he had studied in economics helped to create the meta-crisis of failed systems we’re experiencing today, the history of thought around community-based economics and how this might apply as psychedelics emerge again.

Essay on his Pollination Approach:

https://maps.org/news/bulletin/articles/439-bulletin-spring-2020/8131-the-pollination-approach-to-delivering-psychedelic-assisted-mental-healthcare

A lecture on the Pollinator Approach:

https://youtu.be/6G4Wz8pJiUM