Nootropics Quotes

“A lot of people recoil from the word "drugs" - which is understandable given today's noxious street drugs and their uninspiring medical counterparts. Yet even academics and intellectuals in our society typically take the prototypical dumb drug, ethyl alcohol. If it's socially acceptable to take a drug that makes you temporarily happy and stupid, then why not rationally design drugs to make people perpetually happier and smarter? Presumably, in order to limit abuse-potential, one would want any ideal pleasure drug to be akin - in one limited but important sense - to nicotine, where the smoker's brain finely calibrates its optimal level: there is no uncontrolled dose-escalation.”
― David Pearce

“When used carefully, thoughtfully and in conjunction with an overall healthy lifestyle, nootropics can be effective at boosting feelings of well-being and energy, promoting resilience and helping ease feelings of stress and anxiety.”
― Shawn Wells, The Energy Formula: Six life changing ingredients to unleash your limitless potential