Why show your face on the internet? Biohacking in Australia? Nootropics for bipolar depression? & more

In this Biohacking and Lifehacking Q&A podcast, I address questions ranging from an “honesty hack” to Nootropics for mental health...

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Disclaimer

What you find on this website is NOT medical advice. I’m not a doctor. I’m just an experienced unlicensed self-experimenter practicing free speech in talking about my own extensive experiences and my interpretations of published science. Please see my guide on How to Biohack Smart and Safe. You should consult a doctor about any biohacking you’re doing and ideally also get a second opinion.

I got married! Why...

Thanksgiving (a very special holiday for me) of 2018, I got married. My life has been a (mostly intentional) dance with risk, sometimes a reggaeton-powered bump’n grind, sometimes a rhythmic salsa step. In that adventurous spirit, I’m now embracing something new...

Marriage is risky, especially for men. If you don’t know why, I’ll encourage you to just spend a little time perusing the MGTOW corner of YouTube. I certainly don’t completely agree with these guys, but there’s an abundance of evidence that marriage is very risky, indeed, the ultimate risk a modern man can take. But...

Ultimately, singledom is the most risky.

Being single is awesome when you’re 22 years old in a nightclub at 3 AM and have boundless time and energy to socialize and make friends, but single people grow increasingly cynical, bitter, and lonely as they advance through their fourth and fifth decades of life. Loneliness is a major health factor. It’s not unrealistic to say that loneliness is the new smoking. As a biohacker, I’m all about prevention instead of cure. Somebody who stays proudly single just for the sake of being single until they are 47 is as idiotically naive as the person who eats pizza and drinks beer every day for several decades and is then shocked when they are diagnosed with chronic heart disease.

From I just took the ultimate risk. Why?

#19 Questions

Q

I must confess that I don’t really understand what drives people to announce themselves publicly and reveal their lives to the world. I know that sometimes when a person lacks confidence in themselves or has low self esteem they might seek confirmation and support or some kind of justification or recognition for how they are, but when an apparently confident ‘self-made’ person projects themselves openly I really do not know what to make of it.

A

Being a public person on the internet has a lot of downsides, but there’s one major upside - it’s an honesty lifehack. When you’re anonymous on the internet, you’ll begin to develop an online personality that’s different (sometimes starkly) from “IRL You” - you embrace more cognitive dissonance.The least complicated way to be a public online personality is to just be honest and transparent about almost everything. For me, this translates into being more honest and genuine in my offline life.

My book: How To Be Cross Eyed: Thriving Despite Your Physical Imperfection— a mémoire and lifehacking manifesto

My favorite social network: Minds.com

Q

Howzit? Well I hope my friend in consciousness.. Aeon is my name and I really just wanted to ask you this... have you ever tried or reviewed a product called Skywalk? I ask because I have been thwarted by customs in every attempt to purchase nootropics in Oz (Australia. See!? How much time We waste here on this island abbreviating things then explaining them anyway! Well just to explain since you didn’t ask and in all likelihood don’t actually even care anyway but I am a disabled (in body only) pensioner who has nothing but time unlike such a busy guy as yourself) they withhold all my packages (9 in total!) and I saw and purchased Skywalk immediately upon deducing it’s purpose instore and have found it helpful... I will attach a photo of the ingredients panel plus the labelling so you might better understand and be able to assist. Pls don’t feel obliged I just felt you were the person best qualified to help amongst all the people whose contact info I have, who have not yet blocked me in some fashion! Love your work Buddy and sincerely hope your day is just Awesome!

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Recommendations

* RUPharma and MOSPharma

* Onnit.com

* https://www.optimoz.com.au/collections/nootropics

* https://www.totalnootropics.com.au/

* https://www.bulknutrients.com.au/nootropics-frequently-asked-questions/

* Pharma Nicotine in PG or VG solution from vape shops

Q

Will [Piracetam} benefit Traumatic Brain Injury to the frontal lobe from a car accident?

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Study: [The consequences of closed traumatic brain injury and piracetam efficacy in their treatment in adolescents].

The Piracetam Protocol

Cerebrolysin -- From a 2013 Taiwanese double-blind study of 32 patients

Memantine Canon -- Study: Memantine improves outcomes after repetitive traumatic brain injury.

Q

I listened to your “whole” review about Semax.You didn’t bore me for a minute and love your dark humor. lolThanx for al the detailed info. My question isCan you dilute the 1 % Semax with water (cleaned) to make a 0.1% solution?Let’s say dilute it into a nose spray bottle so you can vaporize it in your nostrils.Can you advise me on that?

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Recommendations

* Use Bacteriostatic water

Q

How about using grapeseed oil for frying or coconut oil? Does that make the difference?

Comment on Beating Depression

Q

Hey what do you think of inisitol for the treatment of bipolar 1 depression? Also what