Using drugs for day to day performance enhancement is ineffective.

That includes alcohol, caffeine, marijuana and adderall. Each of those claims to have some sort of “use case” that can help the average person be more social, focus, relax etc… In the typical case Using a drug to achieve a certain state lets you skip the hard personal reflection and examination of getting to that…More

Is it provable that people are anti-social because of the internet?

Or is it that people interact more through screens which is better. Its likely that we are actually interacting with more people on a daily basis. Its also likely that we have more high quality relationships than in the past. Since more relationships leads to more chances for a high quality one to form. So,…More

Cults isolate people from friends + family.

Communities bring people together. There are many recent movements that people deride as “cults” but are actually communities. This feeling is motivated something other than a genuine concern for the people involved. ^Day 92/90 303 words (at the link)More