Can anybody explain me (or recommend any resources that explains) what benefit does it have to make it illegal to have these substances?
From my point of view, it does not fix the problem of having people consume them, and it does harm the time it takes for us to have serious scientific tests that assess if they have any good benefits at all.
I think you're not the "shaman" he's referring to.
By "big brain type system shaman" I understood someone who doesn't necessarily write code, but instead, e.g. sells courses around the topic, getting people hyped about it, etc.
He uses the word "shaman" previously when talking about Agile, and there are many who fit that picture of working on selling courses, and not on developing software.
> Our information diet is only as useful as is relevant in future
I think there are situations where ephemerous knowledge is useful. For example, knowing about a security vulnerability: its profitability is much higher before the issue gets fixed, which can happen anytime (be it two hours or two years).
Another example: imagine you know insert-influential-billonaire is going to tweet about insert-trendy-currency, this information is completely irrelevant for the future, but you can certainly use it to make money.
It's worth mentioning these two examples, however, can provide longer-lasting knowledge as a by-product too.
Yikes; alternate uses for _two_ already-overloaded terms ("flow" and "node") in the tagline? Naming things isn't _that_ hard. Less of a nitpick and more of a red flag wrt wisdom and experience of the lib's authors.
“Node-based interface” is common for that kind of UI though, the author didn't invent it. It's a shame that NodeJS chose such a common word as its name, but “node” can't be erased from CS just because NodeJS exists (one would have to remove graph theory, cluster grapes, many UIs concepts [tree UI, nodes UI, ...], many 3D jargon, etc.).
From my point of view, it does not fix the problem of having people consume them, and it does harm the time it takes for us to have serious scientific tests that assess if they have any good benefits at all.