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Let's not forget that the founders of @COMPASSPathway, the company @C_Angermayer is lauding in this tweet, straight up lied to scientists that they were a non-profit before mysteriously switching to being for-profit once they got what they wanted https://twitter.com/C_Angermayer/status/1366904464616140800
Source (should be free if you haven't read too many Quartz articles) - https://qz.com/1454785/a-millionaire-couple-is-threatening-to-create-a-magic-mushroom-monopoly/
It's crucial we not let unscrupulous companies like Compass ride the waves of psychedelic optimism and establish corporations that are founded on extractive business models. And don't be fooled by folks like Angermayer saying this is the only way.
Building new models that avoid the plagues of late-stage capitalism is hard. But it can be done. Read 'We Will Call It Pala' by Dave McGaughey, a beautiful web-story about how this could be done. https://hereandnowstudios.com/we-will-call-it-pala
See the penultimate class of 'Introduction to Psychedelic Science' where Dave @UCBPsychedelics where Dave has an in-depth discussion with UC Berkeley students https://twitter.com/UCBPsychedelics/status/1331033722166996994
And finally, @RussellHausfeld of @psymposia has some great articles surveying the current murky corpadelic landscape and why there's justified cause for worry but also much reason for hope. https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/compass-psychedelic-psilocybin-patents-usona-open-science/
