8 years ago
Why plant molecules work in human brains
Plants make chemicals called flavonoids and polyphenols to play roles within themselves including protection from stressors and predators. They are found naturally in the human diet and are known …
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11 years ago
What Water Older Than The Sun and Complex Carbon Structures In Deep Space Mean For Chances Of Life in the Universe
Recently, two discoveries have been announced that lend a lot of credence to theories about life existing outside of our solar system and the abundance of the building blocks of …
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12 years ago
How To “Safely” Take MDMA
MDMA (Molly) is a very popular drug and there is a lot of information and misinformation out there about it. Regardless of what you have heard about how fun it is, MDMA has negative side effects and can cause permanent damage to your brain if you are not properly prepared.
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12 years ago
Dopamine Is Not About Pleasure Anymore and How Science Evolves
The title of this article, Dopamine is not about pleasure anymore, means that dopamine’s effect on the brain is not about pleasure, but about motivation and focus. The idea that …
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13 years ago
Influence
This is an excerpt from one of my favorite books, and a classic on persuasion, Influence by Robert Cialdini. The idea that underlays the entire book is that humans have …
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About Eric:
Eric Matzner is a futurist, biohacker, and transhumanist who lives in San Francisco and is the founder of Nootroo, a nootropics company, and Climitigation, a climate change mitigation think tank.
Eric is trying to live indefinitely, to run and at least stay in the same place. His body is less of a temple and more of a laboratory and workshop for pushing the limits of the brain's cognition, memory and learning ability. He also experiments with cutting-edge human lifespan extension and rejuvenation technologies and strives to make continual, incremental improvements towards optimal performance (kaizen).
Eric reads at over 1000 words per minute (using RSVP software), listens to books at between 2-3x, can type over 150 wpm (and is ranked in the 99.9 percentile of fastest typers as per typeracer.com). But he is always trying to go faster, so if you have any tips, send them over!