Simeon Schnapper's passion and expertise span over 30 years in the fields of research, philanthropy, advocacy, policy, criminal justice reform, and the science of psychedelics. He provides valuable guidance to a wide range of organizations, including non-profits, psychedelic and impact startups, family offices, heads of state, royalty, and several newly formed governments. He co-founded JLS Fund, a groundbreaking VC in this field, and spearheaded the world's inaugural Psychedelic Investment Summit at the start of the decade.Simeon's companies have been recipients of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awards and he is an Aspen Institute Fellow. While embracing a global outlook of impact, and when not living on airplanes visiting portfolio companies he splits his time between Manhattan, Montenegro, and West and Central Africa.Episode HighlightsThe intersection of psychedelics and mystical traditionsSimeon’s vast experience with a wide range of psychedelicsA recent trip to Africa to work on political agreements and research indigenous plant medicinesSimeon’s entrepreneurial journeyCurrent demand and the impact of psychedelic clinics on mental healthThe potential of non-invasive neuromodulation technologies that mimic psychedelicsThe balance between society’s need for healing and the business of psychedelicsSelf-exploration as a driving force behind psychedelic useThe complexities of universal human desires and societal pressuresThe impact of psychedelics on understanding the ‘self’ identityThe growing homogenization of human experiences across culturesReflections on the joy of solving complex global issuesClosing thoughts on the quest for consciousness and connectionSimeon Schnapper’s Links Website: www.jls.fundLinkedIn: JLS FundResources Mentioned in this EpisodeNeuroscientist: Dr. Gül DölenTech Entrepreneur and Biohacker: Nick MurrayBest-selling Author: Ray KurzweilBook: Awareness: Conversations with the Masters by Anthony De Mello