Limitless?
The movie and subsequent TV show Limitless introduced millions of people to the concept of nootropicsIt sparked an explosive growth of a new industry marketing chemical substances as cognitive enhancers or smartdrugs, promising an unfair advantage. Where's the catch?Romanian psychologist and chemist Corneliu E. Giurgea coined the term “nootropic” in 1972It is derived from the Ancient Greek words νόος, meaning “mind”, and τροπή, meaning “a turning”. Giurgea synthesized piracetam in the 19...
Limitless?
The movie and subsequent TV show Limitless introduced millions of people to the concept of nootropicsIt sparked an explosive growth of a new industry marketing chemical substances as cognitive enhancers or smartdrugs, promising an unfair advantage. Where's the catch?Romanian psychologist and chemist Corneliu E. Giurgea coined the term “nootropic” in 1972It is derived from the Ancient Greek words νόος, meaning “mind”, and τροπή, meaning “a turning”. Giurgea synthesized piracetam in the 19...
Ethereum goes Proof-of-Stake
Ethereum is a distributed state machine. Think of it as a virtual computer distributed across thousands of nodes around the world.Now Ethereum is gearing up for arguably the biggest event in crypto history – #TheMerge – reducing its energy consumption by 99.95%.But how? ⚡Until now, “miners” have utilized an energy-intensive Proof-of-Work (#PoW) consensus protocol to add blocks of transactions to the Ethereum #blockchain and thus earn rewards. Ethereum's PoW consumes 73.2 TWh annually, th...
Ethereum goes Proof-of-Stake
Ethereum is a distributed state machine. Think of it as a virtual computer distributed across thousands of nodes around the world.Now Ethereum is gearing up for arguably the biggest event in crypto history – #TheMerge – reducing its energy consumption by 99.95%.But how? ⚡Until now, “miners” have utilized an energy-intensive Proof-of-Work (#PoW) consensus protocol to add blocks of transactions to the Ethereum #blockchain and thus earn rewards. Ethereum's PoW consumes 73.2 TWh annually, th...
Cognitive Bias
Cognitive biases are mental short-cuts and some of the most mind-boggling phenomena in psychology.Their nature is one of the reasons why each one of us is stuck in his/her own reality. Knowing your biases could help you get unstuck and make better decisions.Let's dive in! 🤿Biases can stem from the brain's preference for lower energy expenditure, missing information and evolutionary pressures. While they enable quick decisions, they also introduce a flurry of errors, clouding our ju...
Cognitive Bias
Cognitive biases are mental short-cuts and some of the most mind-boggling phenomena in psychology.Their nature is one of the reasons why each one of us is stuck in his/her own reality. Knowing your biases could help you get unstuck and make better decisions.Let's dive in! 🤿Biases can stem from the brain's preference for lower energy expenditure, missing information and evolutionary pressures. While they enable quick decisions, they also introduce a flurry of errors, clouding our ju...
