Cheerleaders for life extension which avoids extended decrepitude always make good copy. Here’s some. On one hand it reads as a pretty lazy example of journalism by press release (and from the BBC, too). On the other, it is representative of one line of development which is tempting to buy in to – replacement joints [...]
Archive for the 'enhancement' Category
50 more years?
October 20, 2009more on little helpers
April 26, 2009don’t want to obsess about drugs to enhance neuro performance here – anyway the book is going well, honest – but this piece in the New Yorker is intriguing. Don’t have much to say about it but, in true New Yorker style, one of the best pieces I’ve read on the subject. If all the [...]
optimism (light relief)
February 17, 2009In case anyone who stumbles in here does not read Charlie Stross’s interweb outpourings (a reliable source of entertainment and stimulation) I can’t resist relaying news from him last June – OK I only catch up with him occasionally, prompted on this occasion by Richard Jones at soft machine.
Anyhow, he pointed toward a wonderfully fuzzy [...]
The author’s little helper?
September 12, 2008Hmmm… writing a book against deadline which calls for coverage of drugs for enhancement could lead a person into temptation. I mean, this stuff sounds pretty good to me.
Pill that boosts productivity gaining favor in Silicon Valley
By Steve Johnson
Mercury News
Article Launched: 09/02/2008 08:11:06 PM PDT
In a place like Silicon Valley, where career prospects often hinge [...]
