[astrange]

Following it is good, but if that’s not enough the answer is still going be something else basic. It’s probably never nootropics in practice until you get past several more kinds of boring stuff.

For instance, the best society wide interventions for kids still aren’t going to be fancy chemicals, it’s going to be better air quality esp. near highways and in schools, and that’s assuming we took care of maternal nutrition.

[sinenomine]

> but if that’s not enough the answer is still going be something else basic.

Why should it be this way, is there a Law of the Universe mandating every human shortcoming being some regrettable lifestyle flaw?

> For instance, the best society wide interventions for kids

... it's better to avoid this beaten topic, this is not a hill I'm willing to die on today.

[astrange]

> Why should it be this way, is there a Law of the Universe mandating every human shortcoming being some regrettable lifestyle flaw?

Oh, I don't mean only basic things are helpful, I mean if it works it'll become "basic". Like if a nootropic really worked that well we'd call it either a vitamin or a medication. (NAC and modafinil are here, and half the other effective ones like Semax are medications in Russia.)

> ... it's better to avoid this beaten topic, this is not a hill I'm willing to die on today.

That's funny since I don't think anything I said there is common wisdom yet, it's my personal hot take.