6-2 The cost effectiveness of anything addictive decreases over time. When you engage with them, you will either waste your time or money, very likely both.

Overdose of anything will kill responsible neurons. Downregulation of dopamine receptors cause less experienceable joy in life.

Next:

• 6-2a Addiction lessens one’s ability to experience joy in life.
• 6-3 Our definition of health should also consider the health of mind (e.g., ’clarity of mind’ and ‘neural health’), not just physical health.

Related:

• 3-1d6c1 The marginal cost of doing something wrong ‘just this once’ always seems alluringly low
• 5-1 When you are long truth you are long volatility and time
• 5-1b4a Amara’s law - we expect too much in the short-run, but too little in the long-run
• RUL3 - Make a conscious effort to avoid addictions. Ask “is this how I want to be spending my time”
• Uncorrelation amongst pods allows leverage in traditional finance (primarily, long-short strategy).challenge
  • 2-1a0c ‘Denial’ - Accept the existence of Black Swans
  • 2-1b2b5 Know the correlations between your bets. Holy grail is fifteen or so uncorrelated bets.