Ayush Garg is a student at the University of California, Davis, studying computer science in a joint program with cognitive science. Ayush can be described as a constant thought leader with a thirst for knowledge and self-development who rips the guitar in his free time. He indulges in doing parkour, backpacking, discovering old/new music, a whizz on the computer, and triumphs in being a great listener.  Check him out at https://www.instagram.com/ayushgvrg/ ***TIMESTAMPS*** 2:40 - Why Ayush canceled on me to come on the podcast (last week), Chicago and the Lollapalooza Music Festival and getting sick from festival-goers, and the history of Chicago and the music scene 9:05 - Chicago the place where Blues music got urbanized; what genre of music Elvis Presley killed/ended; Beatnik movement (Jack Kerouac/On The Road/Rock’n’Roll) and evolution from Blues to Pop 27:20 - Flow state within music and what is IT? Ayush gives a rundown on the Grateful Dead and what they have done and the CULTURE they have created 39:00 - Jerry Garcia and the culty aspect of the Grateful Dead movement; the War on Drugs in the ’60s, CIA, psychedelics, hippie experimentation, and Charles Manson Cult leadership rise 51:50 - Psychedelics and treating people with mental health illnesses; Big Pharma being unruly; and why hasn’t the government OPENLY promoted decriminalization and legalization?   1:02:50 - Recent book Ayush is reading by E.F. Schumacher (A Guide for the Perplexed: https://www.amazon.com/Perplexed-Harper-Perennial-Modern-Thought/dp/006241481X); Andy Norman’s (Mind Parasite)/mental immune systems and how they become compromised  1:41:00 - What going with Santa Cruz, CA; living in a Liberal bubble and Group Think mentality coming from our small high school; 1:57:00 - The Woke Culture and the ME TOO movement and where they go too far; Aziz Ansari and Kevin Hart scandals; White Guilt for slavery and why it's not okay; Media Today and the great independent news source, Breaking Points: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 2:17:50 - Peoples lack of wanting to develop their owns ideas and how easy it is to piggie back/take other peoples point on the internet and regurgitate it to people; philosophy, religion, and science talk 2:51:50 - Why the internet will always win but when it is a place cultivating a hateful environment it goes into the question of its benefit 3:02:40 - The value for having time for yourself; creativity and ideas; and remembering to SOAK IT UP ~ YouTube EPISODES https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ/videos ~Song provided by: Ooyy, Come 2gether