14 points | by pmg101 2 hours ago
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Hasn't it been that way for at least a few hundred years? I'm surprised the article didn't mention the OG stimulant, tobacco.
Sometimes I wonder if coffee is responsible for modernity.
coffee houses (previously a threat to the monarchy) would buckle at their knees in front of the dose in caffiene pills or energy drinks
even tobacco has turned to vaping to deliver more nicotine quicker
I don't know how we do it. I am much more clearheaded without coffee or anything of the sorts.
I was on a prescribed stimulant for 6 months. It was nice for work, but it ended up with too many side effects that kind of mess with ones head. It tends to "simplify" complex decision making processes and not just for code but for life decisions.
Simplifying decisions can be a positive outcome, just to add balance to your comment.
And I don't disagree!
> It tends to "simplify" complex decision making processes and not just for code but for life decisions.
Improving executive function is literally the point of prescription stimulants.
Rather than endless spirals about whether you should do ___, it just makes everything sound like a great idea to you...for better or for worse.
Cocaine has the same effect, only amplified.
Hasn't it been that way for at least a few hundred years? I'm surprised the article didn't mention the OG stimulant, tobacco.
Sometimes I wonder if coffee is responsible for modernity.
coffee houses (previously a threat to the monarchy) would buckle at their knees in front of the dose in caffiene pills or energy drinks
even tobacco has turned to vaping to deliver more nicotine quicker
I don't know how we do it. I am much more clearheaded without coffee or anything of the sorts.
I was on a prescribed stimulant for 6 months. It was nice for work, but it ended up with too many side effects that kind of mess with ones head. It tends to "simplify" complex decision making processes and not just for code but for life decisions.
Simplifying decisions can be a positive outcome, just to add balance to your comment.
And I don't disagree!
> It tends to "simplify" complex decision making processes and not just for code but for life decisions.
Improving executive function is literally the point of prescription stimulants.
Rather than endless spirals about whether you should do ___, it just makes everything sound like a great idea to you...for better or for worse.
Cocaine has the same effect, only amplified.