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“Best in Class Life Improvement” by sapphire


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There is an enormous amount of crappy self-help advice. Most supplements do nothing. However, some substances and practices can dramatically improve your life. It's worth being explicit about what those are in my experience.

The American medical system endorses all of these treatments and methods, and you can implement them with a doctor's supervision. The only way I differ from the American medical system is that they operate under a paradigm of treating diseases or perhaps what might be better understood as serious deficiencies. But if a technique is powerful enough to help the ill it is plausible it can also help the well. Make your own choices and set yourself free. Before reading this advice, it is important to note that drug users use a lot of drugs.

In general, recreational drug users take their drugs at doses so much higher than psychiatric patients that they're basically two [...]

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Outline:

(01:25) Ketamine

(05:41) Adderall and other Amphetamines

(08:01) Exercise Regularly and Safely – You can get huge benefits with little effort or risk

(11:18) Semaglutide/Ozempic

(13:42) Testosterone

(15:48) Interlude: Buddhism, Meditation and Psychedelics

(32:22) Appendix

(33:01) Drug Testing Resources:

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First published:

April 4th, 2024

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PLubzz4Jpm4Pas6nT/best-in-class-life-improvement

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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