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- Oct 6, 2019
Two things recently happened. One of my study buddies, who I hadn't heard of on a long time (he went on to do a Phd) Was hospitalized. He had abused adderall and had heart palpitations while not sleeping for three days.
After that I started looking about aderall, and apparently in writing circles it was a big thing, with even Joe Rogan saying they are passed like candy in journo circles.
althouse.blogspot.com
And also the New Yorker did a piece. Which you can google if you are interested. But it was funny that the term "NEUROENHANCEMENT" was created to avoid phrasing it as "getting high on amphetamins". That's my quetsion to you? Does it work to make you smarter? Or is it like coke, where the drug makes you think you are good looking, smart and capable?
After that I started looking about aderall, and apparently in writing circles it was a big thing, with even Joe Rogan saying they are passed like candy in journo circles.
Are almost all journalists on Adderall?
Somewhere in the depths of this lengthy Joe Rogan podcast, Joe asserts that all the journalists are on Adderall. Let me see if I can find it...
althouse.blogspot.com
Rogan says he watched a lot of YouTube videos of Adderall users, "who thought the whole world was against them, that they were super-competent, capable of anything. They had unstoppable confidence. They wouldn't shut the fuck up. But everyone was against them."
Then, Rogan says: "A lot of people are on it.... It's a spooky drug... First of all, journalists. I have a buddy of mine who's a writer who said almost all journalists are on it." One of the other guys says, "You get stuff done." And Rogan muses, "But it changes who you are as a person. It fucks with your head."
I like to know when someone I'm listening to is on drugs. If I don't know, and they are, they are stealing from me. That's how I see it. I'm not talking about people with a genuine mental disorder who take a prescribed drug that's supposed to get them to the medical profession's idea of normal. I respect their privacy. But somebody taking drugs to get a lot of writing done? I want a warning before I spend some of my life's precious time absorbing their addled — Adderalled — verbiage.
Then, Rogan says: "A lot of people are on it.... It's a spooky drug... First of all, journalists. I have a buddy of mine who's a writer who said almost all journalists are on it." One of the other guys says, "You get stuff done." And Rogan muses, "But it changes who you are as a person. It fucks with your head."
I like to know when someone I'm listening to is on drugs. If I don't know, and they are, they are stealing from me. That's how I see it. I'm not talking about people with a genuine mental disorder who take a prescribed drug that's supposed to get them to the medical profession's idea of normal. I respect their privacy. But somebody taking drugs to get a lot of writing done? I want a warning before I spend some of my life's precious time absorbing their addled — Adderalled — verbiage.
And also the New Yorker did a piece. Which you can google if you are interested. But it was funny that the term "NEUROENHANCEMENT" was created to avoid phrasing it as "getting high on amphetamins". That's my quetsion to you? Does it work to make you smarter? Or is it like coke, where the drug makes you think you are good looking, smart and capable?
