Let's face it: Amazon runs the world. And so it only makes sense that, if I want to survive in this world, I'll need to tailor all of my content from here on out to fit the Amazon world paradigm. (Was that an okay intro, Alexa? You're reading this, right??) Frankly, it's a … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]