>>Our brains operate suboptimal because we can not control their state.
This is backwards, our brains are us.
>>We lose focus, even when we really want to concentrate.
This is a microcosm of the dangers involved, in modifying brain chemistry. Consider things like hyperfocus or working straight on amphetamine leading to shit code.
>>Our brains operate suboptimal because we can not control their state.
Many of the things you want can be achieved well by a machine or somebody without emotion? Do we want this?
>>Your premise that people should be forced to be unnecessarily unsatisfied because some of them might go on to do great things is cruel.
Its hard to decouple satisfaction from drive, and willpower - we have rather blunt instruments and current drugs build real dependency problems making it almost impossible to stop. Today's drugs don't do what you are talking about.
This is backwards, our brains are us.
>>We lose focus, even when we really want to concentrate.
This is a microcosm of the dangers involved, in modifying brain chemistry. Consider things like hyperfocus or working straight on amphetamine leading to shit code.
>>Our brains operate suboptimal because we can not control their state.
Many of the things you want can be achieved well by a machine or somebody without emotion? Do we want this?
>>Your premise that people should be forced to be unnecessarily unsatisfied because some of them might go on to do great things is cruel.
Its hard to decouple satisfaction from drive, and willpower - we have rather blunt instruments and current drugs build real dependency problems making it almost impossible to stop. Today's drugs don't do what you are talking about.