Nootropics and Business
Nootropics could be the stimulator that drives business success. Our economy is based on business, and stimulating new business. Nootropics are in a new class of drugs which carries nicknames such as “brain food,” “smart pills,” “botox for the brain,” or “viagra for the brain.” Nootropics stimulate cognitive abilities, such as learning, thinking, being mentally alert and concentration abilities by increasing neurotransmitters. Using your brain is always good for business.
The topic of Nootropics is on the top shelf of ethical debates. The President’s Council did a comprehensive report in 2003 entitled “Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness.” This report contains chapters on “Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness,” “Better Children,” “Superior Performance,” and “Ageless Bodies.” It lists aspiration as the heart of what we do. Aspiration is at the heart of all business endeavors.
Enhancing the brain has always been a goal of society. Learning has taken place since the earliest days, and occurs in both animals and humans. Learning is part of who we are. Society has millions of media and methods in place for learning. Typically, these learning methods revolve around providing resources for learning. Then along came Ritalin. Ritalin is prescribed in startling amounts to “help” children learn in the classroom, and could be described as the start of the trend of accepting the value that learning-enhancement drugs provide. However, arguments are ongoing in the most intellectual hemispheres on whether the brain should be left to the body, or to drugs.
Ironically, humans have been enhancing their bodies for years. The market is saturated with diet pills, vitamins, age-reducers, skin enhancers, hair enhancers, make-up, jewelry and clothes that are made specifically for body enhancement. Now the naysayers are claiming what’s good for the body isn’t good for the brain. Increasing the line of bodily enhancements over the last several thousand years has been largely driven by politics, money and media. These factors will be the driving force to bring Nootropics to the business world.
The theory is simple. Capitalism is based on making money. The sales of Nootropics support the economy. Making brains smarter make businesses smarter. More business. Better economy. Trying to improve oneself by using your brain was never a crime and nor should it ever be. Our country is based on the freedom to improve who we are and what we do. Without that freedom, we are not free.
The concentration and clarity that Nootropics provide will make businesses smarter and safer. This ability to think more clearly has the potential to result in rapid advancements in technology, science and health, and the potential to result in speeding up most ideal goals, such as providing a cure for cancer. Creative solutions to social problems would evolve into a healthier society. As long as the aspirations of our heart are good, Nootropics will be a blessing to our brains, our business, and our society.
