BTW crazy Eddie, I don't think you would have died in the hunter gatherer days. Typically primitive people spend about 2 or 3 hours a day "working", the rest of the time they're just hanging out. Occasional bursts of hyperfocus when stalking a wild animal would also be necessary. I think we would have fit in just perfectly. It's these non-ADDers that have ruined it all for us by inventing clocks and mortgages and school and sh!t
Probably so, but we'd have had serious problems in many civilized eras, which is when most of our records and impressions come from. Between the invention of the printing press and the welfare state, I daresay our mortality rate was significantly higher than it is now.
One thing I know I've mentioned before, but that 3 hours a day includes all waking hours, which leads to a situation where you might be able to (barely) hold down a job or be present for your family, but not both. (How's Mr. hap's schedule these days?)
Anyway, Balto is not saying anything that I haven't heard before, and it sounds perfectly reasonable, but in the end, if there's an unfair advantage available that lets me live a happy and productive life, I'm going to take it. This isn't a game... as long as I'm not stealing it from anyone else, I should be able to take any advantage that comes my way, because the disadvantages certainly get distributed at random.
a fine and enviable madness, this delusion that all questions have answers, and nothing is beyond the reach of a strong left arm.
