Because I'm a snooty nerd & resentful of Bradley Cooper's blue-eyed good looks (consider me his blue-eyed neckbeard counterpart), I prefer the literary inspiration to Limitless (titled The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn) over the movie. Another reason for this: The book's … [Read more...]
Nootropics for Brain Energy: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Brainpower & Drive
Stoner logic ahead: How is it that we don't fully understand the organ with which we think? In the words of Johnnie Cochran: This does not make any sense! It's similar to the brain in the jar thought experiment, in which the limits of our self-consciousness end right before … [Read more...]
Intermittent Fasting as a Nootropic: The Biohacker’s Feed-Fast Diet for Cognition
The other morning I mentioned writing this article to a barista, who, based on his hipster demeanor, I (mis)judged would be all over the topic: Optimizing health & cognition through the periodic rejection of consumption." His response was brouhaha. As in that's what he … [Read more...]
Nootropics for Lucid Dreaming: Seize Your Dreams via Self-Inception
For a lifespan of, say, 80 years, roughly 25 of those years are spent sleeping. That's nearly a third of your life in which you're not actively engaged in, well... living. That's 25 years of lying prostrate, drooling into a pillow, unconsciously releasing, through various … [Read more...]
Nootropics after a Night Out: Buck the Hangover & Get Back to Werk
Not everyone drinks to the point of a hangover. Not everyone drinks period. But I'm guessing that, on both counts, you do. (That's why you're here, right?) So the real question comes down to: Are you reading this in preparation or escape? Because let's face it: There is … [Read more...]
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