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What Does Gay Marriage, Marijuana, and
Innovation Have in Common?
Innovation Spikes in More Liberal Areas After Cannabis and Same Sex Marriage Laws

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It turns out, that in places that have liberalized social policies, speci cally concerning the previously mentioned ones,
innovation spikes.
This was discovered by research conducted by Harvard Business Review.
It’s a combination of Factors
They looked at a combination of factors, including economic relief for innovators, grants and other economically
charged policies and found that if only those were included, innovation didn’t rise as much.
In order to not confuse causality and causation, the Harvard team implemented rigorous testing of their ndings to
ensure that more liberalized social policies actually do play a role in innovation.
Nonetheless, they continued to nd similar results. Places that had similar economic models but not similar liberalized
social policies had a di erence of 5% to 6% output compared to places with more restrictive social policies.
While one would think that how on earth could more socially liberal policies actually have an impact on innovation, the
truth of the matter is that it has more of an impact than you think.
Why does legalized cannabis and gay marriage increase innovation?
Innovation is making the connection between seemingly di erent ideas and merging them into one new concept. This
cannot happen within a stale marketplace with a limited diverse population.
What the researchers found was that in places that had legal cannabis and same-sex marriage, the number of
interactions between ‘other people’, or people who a particular person would usually not hang out with, increased.
This increase created an increase in exposure to new ideas, more diverse backgrounds that all leads to innovative
thinking.

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Cannabis legalization is sweeping the world and with it comes some interesting new data. It turns out, that if you want
your town or city to be more ‘innovative’, you should strongly consider making some serious social policy changes.
Namely, same-sex marriage and cannabis legalization.
What Does Gay Marriage
and Cannabis Legalization
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This type of behavior is exempli ed in Silicon Valley, where both same-sex marriage and cannabis is legal. While other
cities and countries have tried to duplicate the innovation hub, they never seem to reach the grandeur of Silicon Valley
itself.
Even with places that replicated the exact same nancial model as Silicon Valley, but did not implement legal cannabis
or gay marriage had a lower rate of innovative thinking.
But why would this increase innovation?
As mentioned, one of the side e ects of legalizing these social policies is an increase in interactions with people outside
of your ‘typical social circles’. This allows for new ideas to ow into your own thinking patterns, creating a positive
feedback loop that helps with innovative thinking.

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Another thing is that cannabis allows individuals to explore ideas without prejudice and the nagging of the ego saying,
“that can’t be done”.
Stoners’ think of crazy things. Of course, they know for the most part it is never achievable within the realm of existence,
but the exercise in creative thinking allows them to expand their problem solving skills beyond normal parameters. This
exercise without restraint often times leads to new innovations.
An apple fell on Newton’s head and he started to understand the principles of gravity.
Furthermore, we cannot ignore the fact that a vast majority of the engineers in Silicon Valley microdoses psychedelics.
The microdosing of psychedelics connect parts of the brain that don’t usually interact with each other. This is why
sometimes people under the in uence of psychedelics can smell colors or hear numbers. When you micro dose, you
don’t feel the full e ects of the psychedelics. It rather works as a passive booster to your creativity, energy levels and so
forth.
Why Freedom is the best for innovation
The United States, for the longest time was the forerunner in innovation due to its liberal approach to human existence.
Small government aimed at protecting the individual coupled with the freedom to pursuit your own dreams, allows
people to explore new ideas and develop new paradigms.
When more regulation steps in, innovation drops. This is because bureaucracy sti es the innovation process.
Think of it this way. You were sleeping and dreamt of the next ‘big thing’. As you wake up, the idea is fresh in your mind
however every passing second the idea starts slipping back into your subconscious. In order to capture the idea, you
need to write it down as soon as possible.
Now let’s imagine that as you wake up with your fresh idea, you rst had to ll out some paperwork, wait for another
person to review and approve the paperwork prior to giving you a pen to write down the idea.
By the time you are granted the rights to use the pen, the idea has faded into oblivion.

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This is exactly what happens when you place restrictions on the freedoms of people. You sti e innovation.
So if you and your city or country is looking to increase innovation, strongly consider legalizing same-sex marriage and
cannabis. It’s a recipe for great ideas!
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