A lot of people in this thread are exchanging advice about ibcreasing mental capacity and alertness. I have a question about this.
Do you guys honestly feel that you're not smart or concentrated enough? Or are you just trying to improve these traits to the max and beyond because they're considered to be virtious in the culture around you?
I am similarly baffled by the tolerance for (even illegally obtained) drugs which apparently exist in this community. In another discussion here¹ about a similar topic I wrote the following:
> If you have “an Everest of work”, the solution is to get less work, not to take drugs. Be the person you are.
I wanted to write a similar comment. I am really surprised about the lack of worry to take potent drugs. I am not a physician but experience tells that most (all?) potent drugs have major side-effects. Some even consider to buy the drug from shady websites and risk credit card theft.
Do you guys honestly feel that you're not smart or concentrated enough? Or are you just trying to improve these traits to the max and beyond because they're considered to be virtious in the culture around you?