Hi! I'm Stephen.
I live in Totnes, Devon, UK...
...half an hour from Dartmoor, and half an hour from the South Devon coast.
These are some of the organisations I'm working with at the moment:
Short bio in the third person
Stephen Reid is a teacher and technologist who has trained in the fields of complexity science, physics, software development, meditation, psychotherapy, plant medicine, conscious sexuality and political activism. He is currently:
- teacher of the How to DAO, Tools for the Regenerative Renaissance, The Promise of Decentralisation and Introduction to Crypto & DeFi courses
- a delegate to the DAOhaus UberHaus DAO and one of the UberHaus UberPaladins
- a contributor to Hypha, the organisation leading the development of SEEDS
- a Panvala committee member and a representative to Panvala's Regenerative Commons Coalition
- a member of the not-for-profit worker co-operative Dandelion Collective and the lead developer of Dandelion, a platform for ticketed events and co-created gatherings.
Previously, he was the youngest ever board member of Greenpeace UK and worked as a technology consultant for organisations including the New Economics Foundation, the Living Wage Foundation and 350.org. Stephen has an MPhys in Physics from the University of Oxford, where he specialised in quantum field theory, and an MRes in Complexity Sciences from the University of Bristol.
Since you've come this far, I'd love to stay in touch.
Ancestry
32.1%
British & Irish 13%
Broadly Northwestern European 12.8%
French & German 5.5%
Broadly European 0.7%
Scandinavian 0.7%
Spanish & Portuguese 0.2%
Broadly South European 8.5%
Ashkenazi Jewish 11.1%
Broadly Central & South Asian 9.7%
Northern Indian & Pakistani (Maharashtra) 4.2%
Broadly Central Asian, Northern Indian & Pakistani 0.3%
Broadly Southern South Asian 1.2%
Unknown Training and teachers
Physics
- MPhys in Physics at the University of Oxford (2004-2008)
- Main tutor Candadi Sukumar
- Final year specialisations in quantum field theory and condensed matter physics
- Dissertation on community detection in complex networks supervised by Mason Porter
Complexity science
- MRes in Complexity Science at the Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences, University of Bristol (2008-2009)
- Research projects on automated trading agents in financial markets and synthetic biology
- Lead developer of the software that won Best Model at the iGEM 2009 competition
Holistic science
- Climate Change and Consciousness Conference at Findhorn with Charles Eisenstein (Apr 2019)
- Short course in Erotic Ecology at Schumacher College with Andreas Weber (Mar 2018)
- Science and Nonduality Conference, California (Oct 2015)
Meditation
- Vipassana at Dhamma Dipa (Feb 2017)
- Sensory Awareness at the Esalen Institute with Lee Lesser (Nov 2015)
Psychotherapy
- Foundation in Core Process Psychotherapy from the Karuna Institute (March 2020)
- One-on-one Core Process Psychotherapy sessions (ongoing)
- Awakening of Love by Path Retreats (Mar 2017)
Entheogens and plant medicines
- Noya Rao & Ayahausca dieta with Manuela Mahua near Pucallpa, Peru (Dec 2017)
- Peyote ceremony with Marakame Don Ramiro of the Wixarika (Aug 2017)
- Tobacco ceremony with Jeff Firewalker of the Eagle Condor Council (Mar 2018)
- Cacao ceremonies with Gaia Ma at Inanitah (Nov 2017) and Eagle's Nest, Lake Atitlán (Jan 2018)
- DMT neuroimaging research participant at Imperial College London (May 2018)
- High-dose Bufo ceremony (May 2015)
- Self-directed psilocybin ceremonies in preparation for creating the Psychedelic Society's Psychedelic Experience Retreats (2014-2016)
- Mushroom cultivation at Fungi Academy (Jan 2018)
Conscious sexuality
- ISTA 1 with Elaine Young, Binoy Milton D'souza & Frank Mondeose (Sep 2019)
- The Tantric Opening with Gaia Ma at Inanitah (Nov 2017)
- Ma Ananda Sarita's Tantra Essence course (2020)
- Ängsbacka Tantra Festival (Aug 2018)
Burns
- Nowhere (2014, 2015, 2016)
- The Borderland (2016, 2017, 2019)
- Kiez Burn (2019)
Politics and activism
- Andrew Simms whilst working at the New Economics Foundation
- Caroline Lucas and Cath Miller whilst working in Caroline's parliamentary office
- John Sauven whilst serving on the board of Greenpeace UK
- Gail Bradbrook whilst taking action with Extinction Rebellion
Other
- Divine Ridiculous Lupercalia (Feb 2020)
- Deep Magic retreat with Julian Vayne and Nikki Wyrd at St. Nectan's Glen (May 2018)
- Haka workshop with Matiu Te Huki at Luminate Festival (Feb 2019)
- Music retreats with Rainer Scheurenbrand (Mar 2018, Feb 2020)
Previous affiliations
- Enspiral, Contributor
- The Psychedelic Society, Founder
- Breaking Convention Conference on Psychedelic Consciousness, Press officer
- Greenpeace UK, Board member
- New Economy Organisers Network, Network organiser
- Extinction Rebellion, Livestreaming
- UK Uncut, Co-founder
- The Intruders, Co-founder
- Digital consultancy work for organisations including the New Economics Foundation, 38 Degrees, the Labour Party, the Green Party, 350.org, the Living Wage Foundation, Positive Money, SumOfUs, 10:10 and Brandalism
Places and plans
Recent speaking engagements
- Mar 2021
- Charles Eisenstein on the Regenerative Renaissance
- Dec 2020
- Psychedelic Futures: The Pollination Approach
- Nov 2020, University of Cambridge
- Psychedelics and the Living Planet
- Aug 2020, Medicine Festival
- Tech for Good: The Promise of Decentralisation
- Aug 2020, Medicine Festival
- The Corporatisation of Medicine
Peer-reviewed research
- Aug 2012, APS Physical Review E
- Taxonomies of networks from community structure
- Sep 2012, PLOS One
- BSim: An Agent-Based Tool for Modeling Bacterial Populations in Systems and Synthetic Biology
Read my blog series on my samá (dieta) with Noya Rao
Diet
- Plant-based vegetarian
- Low dairy
- Cheese → Vegan umami flavours
- Milk/yoghurt → Soy/rice/nut/coconut alternatives
- Butter → Oil
- Cheese → Vegan umami flavours
- Few eggs
- Low sugar, complex over simple carbs
- Top snack: mixed nuts
- Fast from time to time
- Drink plenty of water & tea, some fresh juice
- Coffee and alcohol only on special occasions
- Medicinal foods: turmeric + black pepper, mushroom extract, lemon, ginger, garlic, green tea, cayenne
- Living foods: probiotic yoghurt, kombucha
- Digital health
- No smartphone in bedroom
- Notifications off for most apps
- Unplugged from social media