I’d like a drug that makes me obsessed with the activity I’m doing during its consumption. The effect must be temporary and its duration controllable—e.g. it may depend on the amount of drug consumed.
(The game designer in me wants to come up with a downside to balance out the benefit. I’m not sure what negative effects I’d like this drug to have, but I definitely don’t want it to induce burnout afterwards.)
This drug could turn a team of smart people into a super problem-solving tool. The only superintelligent machine I know how to build in theory is a community of uploaded humans with some augmentations like this, running at high speed.
I’d like a drug that makes me obsessed with the activity I’m doing during its consumption. The effect must be temporary and its duration controllable—e.g. it may depend on the amount of drug consumed.
(The game designer in me wants to come up with a downside to balance out the benefit. I’m not sure what negative effects I’d like this drug to have, but I definitely don’t want it to induce burnout afterwards.)
One possible downside is that it might prevent useful mental flexibility. Would you notice if the fire alarms went off?
This drug could turn a team of smart people into a super problem-solving tool. The only superintelligent machine I know how to build in theory is a community of uploaded humans with some augmentations like this, running at high speed.
If that recent research about emotional responsiveness improving group intelligence is sound, then maybe Ecstasy would be useful.