The Inside Story Of Leverage Research 1.0 - By Lydia Laurenson

In this post, Lydia Laurenson reconstructs the strange, intense history of Leverage Research 1.0: an Effective Altruism-adjacent organization that began with grand ambitions to understand human behaviour and improve the world, then spiralled into experimental psychology, bodywork, occult language, blurred relationships, and institutional breakdown. Drawing on extensive interviews with former members, the piece is part investigation, part oral history, and part attempt to make sense of what happens when brilliant people try to engineer the human mind without clear safeguards. * 00:00:00 - Introduction* 00:01:25 - The Inside Story Of Leverage Research 1.0* 00:10:09 - Part 1. Founding Myths* 00:32:37 - Part 2. Body and Energy* 00:46:12 - Part 3. Practical Magic* 01:01:31 - Part 4. Intention War* 01:09:31 - Part 5. How It Ended* 01:22:53 - Credits* 01:23:46 - A Note About Comment Moderationhttps://open.substack.com/pub/lydialaurenson/p/the-inside-story-of-leverage-research?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe