Open Phenomenology has two primary objectives, posited in service of solving the problem of consciousness (and its various sub-goals) for the benefit of all sentient beings. Achieving these objectives is not sufficient to solve this problem – to develop a model that predicts how to build phenomenology-interfacing technologies – but in the absence of better approaches, I believe that they are the highest leverage strategy to pursue at this stage in history. However, I am financially constrained and thus unable to work as efficiently toward these goals were I not. If you would like to support me toward achieving these goals, I would graciously accept cryptocurrency donations to the following addresses:
Ether: 0x3d60bc21f300c33ad514bce2da0051a417b659a0
Monero: 48q1EfBPDFyKZoNsju7B2rHPZLt1VnaQyf3QZbkJcAB87ped4kzje3bgRfDFycZHDQbN9QfYJ2x3Q9bGZLzwmqVjUc952Wx
Though my preference would be that you (the reader) are philosophically aligned with my project and have surplus capital, I will offer the following ‘incentives’ to encourage donations:
- 150USD (equivalent): I will provide critical feedback on your writings related to phenomenology, up to 5K words. Or, I will spend up to 90 minutes talking with you (via an encrypted channel) on whatever topic.
- 250USD: If I am comfortable with the safety profile, I will accept recommendations on which substances or sensory stimuli to experiment with, which I will write about in a future post. In principle I would experiment with most psychedelics up to high doses, and disassociates up to medium doses, depending on their availability.
- Example: “Vaporize 20mg N-N-DMT while playing the song ‘Kindred’ (Burial), beginning inhalation at 2:01. Pay close attention to the resulting somatic effects.”
If you are interested in any of these offerings (or have alternative suggestions), please use PGP encryption in your email message. Here is my public key: