Good for mindset, but bad for soulset. A lot of people live in their heads with Modafinil, and don't take guidance from the subtle cues in nature, which they're going to have to at some point. Michael Tsarion brings this up in his talks: The War on Conciousness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knwyZawRse8 We have a deep fear of Nature because it's the 'final boss' we have to deal with at some point. Be this death, grief, or getting old. Any number of things are competing for your attention in Nature. Rushkoff talks about how our minds increasingly live inside a computer program and are out of sync with Nature. The internal clock is ignored and we live in a constant state of panic when checking our email and trying to game the stock market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQHubIMP-as Alongside time being out of whack, we experience different hormones and endorphins at different times of the year. So summer might be dopamine, winter might be adrenalin filled, and autumn is some sort of smart drug like Modafinil which allows for high performance.
kingmanaz|10 years ago
Exactly. From the linked article: Modafinil "indirectly upregulates cerebral serotonin" ...a concern for those focusing on quality of life rather than quantity of output.
"To give you some perspective: the type of behavior displayed by upper classes of society; the elegance, the subtlety, the higher levels of intelligence and conscience, most likely reflect low serotonin levels (or rather, a lower ratio of serotonin to other neurotransmitters). Now take the opposite, high serotonin, say in combination with a poor immune system, low metabolic rate, chronic inflammation, and what will you have? Well, a serf/thrall."
Further discussion here:
http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/73104-natural-serotonin... http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/78451-symptoms-signs-of...