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> Mostly the same here, except there's a specific problem around giving up caffeine - a clear reduction in motivation.

Haha, I definitely agree with that! Coffee is certainly a great way to get your brain in the mood to do work, any work at all.

One thing that really helps (really the base "pillar" which all health-optimization rests on) is making sure you get good sleep. I aim for 8-9 hours of being in bed per night. I've spent a lot of time working on getting good sleep.

No, it's a powder of a bunch of "superfood" greens (mine is "Green Vibrance". I mention this because I did a lot of research to find a reputable brand that isn't pure garbage).

Funny enough, I was actually experimenting with matcha+coffee before going no-coffee. It also greatly improved by mental abilities. This reinforced my thinking that it was the anxiety all along that was causing me to feel mentally cloudy.

What do you use for micronutrients? I recently started using a Green Powder, and I think I'm getting great results, but they are quite expensive...

Sure, while you can't prove a direct cause-effect, the anecdotal evidence seems rather strong.

I also experienced this same effect after moving to London (from California) in the winter (very cloudy). I felt so low energy for a solid month, and was constantly feeling unwell. Moreover, I had the strangest "cravings" to bask in the sun (such a weird thing to explain, I've never had such an urge before).

The week that I started to figure out my Vitamin D deficiency, I made sure to get a lot of sun every day (it just started getting sunny in London). I noticed immediate improvements.

I'm currently experimenting with a low caffeine (no coffee, mostly green/herbal tea) lifestyle after having the stomach flu (no coffee for a week) and thinking it was the perfect time to give it a shot.

My god, I've never been more clear-headed in my life. My working memory seems greatly improved. I'm able to work out complex problems in my head that previously I would struggle to keep my "mental eye" on. Moreover, I'm much less anxious in general and generally much happier.

I think I'm ADHD/anxiety-prone and I think that, while coffee for some with ADHD really helps, the increased anxiety made it difficult for "long, slow" mental processing to occur in my head.

A confounding factor is that I've also recently introduced a green powder in my diet, but the effect of no-coffee has been much more immediate.

I love coffee and never thought I'd be able give it up, but I don't even miss it now...

Ah I didn't notice that.

Care to give us the spark notes of the paper?

I feel like I started this way (in middle school and high school), but grew out of it over time. Basically had a video game addiction and could not for the life of me long-term-goal anything outside of school.

I think eventually I found that these short-term sweets are quite unfulfilling in the long-term, and now enjoy less immediately-stimulating hobbies like fitness, reading, learning, etc.

Hopefully people can grow out of this as they age.

What? Criticizing your boss == "shouting racial slurs in the office through a megaphone"?

Lol @ "Using company email/internal message boards" == "Hijacking internal systems."

Definitely not biased at all.

I came here for magic tricks and was disappointed.

Thanks!!

Pretty clear he meant death from suffocation.

I've seen Butekyo breathing mentioned on other sleep apnea forums. Could you recommend an website that teaching this breathing practice? Also, how long did it take for you to start sleeping better once doing these exercises?

Thanks!

Very interesting! Any idea why this only works for a decade? Or has it only been a therapy for that long?

Serious question: did you actually read the article, or are you basing this comment of the headline alone?

Well, considering the alternative is "permanent brain damage", it's nice to know that after a couple of days you would be back to normal.

Well...you smoke and then you become creative XD

In all seriousness, I've noticed that light THC gummies (specifically sativa dominant) help me visualize hard math problems, like learning linear algebra. Perhaps it's just the enhanced focus...but I definitely notice a difference when studying on THC vs sober.

This is why I choose to take an edible when dosing for studying. Harder to abuse with no instant gratification.

I'm also wondering the same thing - I take 2.5mg of a sativa-dominant edible and I'm able to focus insanely well. I typically do this after I'm done with my real job for the day so I can study AI, for example to read an AI paper. I typically have much more trouble doing this without THC.

Funny enough, I'm also very prone to anxiety on THC. So there might be a correlation there somewhere.

Thank you!

Fascinating! Do you have any sources for those interested in reading more about these theories of neuronal growth and the process of pattern separation/pattern completion in the Hippocampus?

Is the difference between a hate crime and terrorist attack the desire to effect some sort of change through terror? E.g, someone shooting up a church is trying to terrorize churchgoers of that race to stop going to church?

At Google/YouTube scale, something will always fall through the cracks, and someone will be there to be outraged.

Very elegantly put.

"yet the upcoming generation always ends up surpassing their parents achievements"

What do you consider "surpassing their parents achievements"? Sure we may be continuing the technical progress of their generation (i.e., picking up where they left off to go retire), but who's to say that given a greater lifespan, they wouldn't go on to achieve what we have?

If I spent 30 years of my life developing principles of some new science, and the next generation uses these principles to make life better, are they surpassing my achievements?

Who are some of your favorite authors?

Jump in defaults? By whom? Can you link to some data?

I also like to travel as often as I can. What do you do to maximize your travel time and "expand your worldview"?