Michael Pollan’s Brilliance As A Writer
The 3 Writing Techniques Michael Pollan Uses In His Storytelling
In a recent episode of the Joe Rogan podcast, writer Michael Pollan visited the show to discuss his new book, This Is Your Mind On Plants. Pollan has made a name for himself as a journalist by writing about the wildly diverse ways humans interact with the nonhuman world of plants.
Pollan is especially skilled at weaving together the cultural, historical, economic, scientific, and personal dimensions of how we use plants, and especially, how plants use us. His earlier books explored the struggles of using nature to grow nature (organic gardens), or how people have used fire, water, air, and earth throughout history to transform nature into delicious things to eat and drink.
Most recently, Pollan is charting new territory examining the mind-altering dimensions of the plants we use, from caffeine to psychedelics. And in his appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, he delves into how he, as someone who has built his career as a well-respected journalist, writes about a topic like the psychedelic effects of plants that most journalists have avoided for decades for fear of not being taken seriously.
But as Rogan points out in the interview, as a highly respected journalist, Pollan has been able to…
