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Notes

[[From Existential Angst to Existential Hope]] – This seems a great well for interesting links and books

• [[Sub specie aeternitatis]]
• [[Petrarch]]
• [[Existential Hope]]
• [[The Human Project]]
• [[a.Pragmatic Optimism]]
• [[Dual Process Theory]]
• [[../To/to.book - the beginning of infinity, david deutsch]]
• [[../To/to.book - meaningness]]
• [[../To/to.book - the evolution of everything]]

[[../Notes/www/Schizotypy - Do Not Worry, It is not all Worrisome]]

• [[positive schizotypy and negative schizotypy]]
  • [[schizophrenia and bipolar might be on the same continuum]]
• [[../Notes/www/The Healthy Side of Positive Schizotypy May Reflect Positive Self-Report Biases]]
• [[transliminality]]

[[../Notes/www/Impact of Substance Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy on Executive Function – A Narrative Review]]

• [[../Notes/www/nicotine can induce disinhibition]]
• [[../Notes/www/nicotine enhances inhibitory control in non-smokers that have low levels of attention but not in those with high levels of attention]]
• [[../Notes/www/cognitive flexibility]]
• [[a.Shine bright like a diamond – is research on high-functioning ADHD at last entering the mainstream]]

Various

• [[Things Are Getting Better]]
• [[The universe is flat and will not collapse]]
• [[Dissociation of the Acute Effects of Bupropion on Positive Emotional Processing and Reward Processing in Healthy Volunteers]]
  • emotional processing
  • reward processing
  • phasic firing, tonic firing of neurons
• [[../Notes/Major Depressive Disorder]]
• [[../Notes/www/Medicines that treat executive function may work to reduce dependence on drugs]]
• [[Seasonal variation in daylight influences brain function]]
• [[../Notes/health in children]]
• [[Sleep quality is not influenced by caffeine]]
• [[Modern Wisdom 284 - Hamilton Morris – Creating the Future of Psychedelics]]
• [[Medicines that treat executive function may work to reduce dependence on drugs]]

Thoughts

Oh dear, only one, single, lonesome thought during the whole long stretch of February! How arid the white desert of the north is, how deplete of activity the mind in the winter.

• [[t.Consciousness is like the growth of a plant]]

Encountered

• The Story of Us: Full Series — Wait But Why
• Richard Garriot talk on the Moth0 The story about his space flight. Lord British has not always made the impression on me of being… very sympathetic. But this was quite moving.
• Frank Wilczek, physics
• Back to Basics – Joel on Software
• oslo new trams
• Frontiers | Is There a Potential of Misuse for Venlafaxine and Bupropion? | Pharmacology
• ‘Night Owls’ May Be Twice as Likely as Morning ‘Larks’ to Underperform at Work Not going to bed early enough, not getting enough sleep = worse health and mental performance. So, could be negated if night owls get up later and get enough sleep. Fact is, sleep debt and not falling asleep time is the culprit.
• Tipping points? Curvilinear associations between activity level and mental development in toddlers | Request PDF
• alcohol is not the most harmless of the drugs Nutt DJ, King LA, Phillips LD. Drug harms in the UK: a multicriteria decision analysis. Lancet. (2010) 376:1558–65. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61462-6
• relapse of patients receiving pharmacotherapies for substanse use is 40-60 per cent Source, page 2
• Language left behind on social media exposes the emotional and cognitive costs of a romantic breakup | PNAS

TIL

• metal with very, very flat surfaces stick to each other. Called wringing. Cause unknown
  • Gauge block - Wikipedia

Research, find out, learn

• proprioception
  • Proprioception, Our Imperceptible 6th Sense