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Joe Rogan interviews Michael Pollan, the author of "This is Your Mind on Plants", about his experience of quitting caffeine for three months and then drinking it again. They discuss the history, effects and benefits of caffeine, and how it influenced the culture and consciousness of different civilizations. They also wonder why plants produce psychoactive chemicals that can affect human brains. The summary ends with a promotion of Spotify as the exclusive platform for the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
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1. The text is a transcript of a podcast episode of the Joe Rogan Experience with Michael Pollan as a guest.
2. The topic of the podcast is about the effects of caffeine and other psychoactive plants on human consciousness and history.
3. Michael Pollan describes his experience of quitting caffeine for three months and then drinking it again.
4. He claims that caffeine helped him become more productive, focused, and rational, but also more irritable and compulsive.
5. He also claims that caffeine had a profound impact on the rise of capitalism, the industrial revolution, and the enlightenment in the West.
6. He cites a historian named Wolfgang Schivelbusch and a researcher named Roland Griffiths as sources for his arguments.
7. He mentions that he wrote a book called This Is Your Mind on Plants, which explores these topics in more detail.