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Sasha Putilin
Personal blog · psychotechnology.substack.comhealthscience
Sasha Putilin writes Psychotechnology, a personal blog at psychotechnology.substack.com about health and science. Since 2023, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 63 times, most often “Near-instantly aborting the worst pain imaginable with psychedelics”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Substack essays on nicotine and em-dashes. Readers link them in threads on rationalist blog length and writing style, and one commenter questions whether the nicotine post's cited evidence supports its claim.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Psychedelics, meditation, neuroscience, neurotech. Occasional writing advice.
Most-linked posts?
- Near-instantly aborting the worst pain imaginable with psychedelics3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-02-07
- Writing Hack: Write It Just Like That3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-06-14
- My Ethical Conundrum Around Writing About Meditation (16/30)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-11-17
- Em dashes are fucking amazing3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-07-19
- Jhana 5: Romance with the Void2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-10-10
- Shitposting is a blessed epistemic mode2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-05
- 5-MeO-DMT sometimes cancels the Ebbinghaus illusion2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-10-10
- Determining the Golden Ratio of Ketamine Stereoisomers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-11-12
- Neural Annealing: Directing Psychedelic Trips Towards Healing (25/30)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-11-26
- Meditation as Wakeful Relaxation: Unclenching Smooth Muscle2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-11-27
What Hacker News says?
It is? Am I getting a different link to you, or is my reading comprehension just terrible at 9.30pm or something. https://psychotechnology.substack.com/p/a-love-song-to-nicot... It says the exact opposite to me?
Comment linking /p/a-love-song-to-nicotine-630?open=false
on “Why is every rationalist blog post way too long?”Submitted How I lost my backpack with passports and laptop as a story · 131 points
HN discussion> It turns out, actually, nicotine is addictive, and is bad for you even if you don't smoke it, as you probably already obviously knew. This is not the point, but I’m very confused by the link that is linked as evidence on that line? It doesn’t match the sentence it’s attached to Link in question: https://psychotechnology.substack.com/p/a-love-song-to-nicot...
Comment linking /p/a-love-song-to-nicotine-630?open=false
on “Why is every rationalist blog post way too long?”Submitted Trying two dozen different psychedelics as a story · 71 points
HN discussionRelevant -- https://psychotechnology.substack.com/p/em-dashes-are-fuckin...
Comment linking /p/em-dashes-are-fucking-amazing
on “I'm Scared a Stranger Will Call My Novel AI, So I Built GitHub for Words”Submitted A One-Minute ADHD Test as a story · 65 points
HN discussionSubmitted 5-MeO-DMT sometimes cancels the Ebbinghaus illusion as a story · 38 points
HN discussionSubmitted Meditation as Wakeful Relaxation: Unclenching Smooth Muscle as a story · 27 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Nicotine Analogue I Had Known and Didn't Love: 6-Methylnicotine as a story · 27 points
HN discussionSubmitted How my speed date got stolen onstage at a live comedy dating show as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted 5-MeO-DMT sometimes cancels the Ebbinghaus illusion as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mephedrone Is a Cursed Drug as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writing as Psychotechnology as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writing Hack: Write It Just Like That as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Ripped-Out Poem, or How I Voted in Russia's Parliamentary "Election" as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Em dashes are fucking amazing as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Em dashes are fucking amazing as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Near-instantly aborting the worst pain imaginable with psychedelics as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sticking 2C-T-2 Up My Ass as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Ethical Conundrum Around Writing About Meditation (16/30) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writing Hack: Write It Just Like That as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Shitposting is a blessed epistemic mode as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sci-Fi Story: "The Laws of Nature Prohibit This" as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Control Is a Drug as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writing under my real name as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writing Hack: Write It Just Like That as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Vase Breath: the clench-your-anus meditation as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Strip-Searched at the Serbian Border as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Went to an Illegal London Weed Coffeeshop as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Near-Instantly Aborting the Worst Pain Imaginable with Psychedelics as a story · 2 points
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