I would venture to guess that 99% of the population when polled would have no clue who Terrence is nor what his 'Timewave Zero' theory was about. So when we take a step back, how effective would utilizing someone like McKenna really be? He's a relative unknown to the vast majority of the population. Even those that know him or know of him, there's no guarantee that they were personally influenced by him.

I've never read any of his books but I've heard some of his interviews and he always struck me as an interesting character. I can't say I've ever found his ideas/views to be something you can really latch onto or integrate into your own perspective. However, it can be refreshing to hear someone engaging in abstract or 'outside the box' thinking. If anything I think his speeches encourage others to enage in thought that operates outside the typical paradigms and to engage in conscious exploration - to blaze their own path. I do think it's very unlikely that one would arrive at the same 'conclusions' that McKenna communicated. He was definitely a unique individual.

In terms of what you were saying about promoting people to be 'passive'. I think the organized religions are the ongoing 'movements' that are most guilty of this. Look at how the Islamic/Christian ideology promotes the idea of armageddon/apocalypse always being just around the corner and how there's going to be som type of 'savior' of humanity (or of the believers). Look at the membership of the organized religions and you see that this is by far the greatest tool to promote passivity. That being said, what groups are taking action or doing anything to 'fix' this mess that we're in? I can't think of any... So when it comes down to it, everyone could share a portion of the blame for being 'passive'.