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Provigil - For Vigilant Professionals
Source: The Huffington Post

When the American journalist David Plotz took Provigil, he said it should be given a slogan. Just as valium was marketed as "the housewife's little helper," he said this should be sold as "the boss' little helper." It makes you work better and harder than before. More Articles

Brain Boost Drugs 'Growing Trend' | BBC
Source: BBC News

Increasing numbers of people are using prescription drugs like Ritalin to boost alertness and brain power, say experts. More Articles

Reality, Media, & Modern Psychosis - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

...three case studies of what psychiatrists interested in the intersection of mental illness, culture and society are calling, respectively, Truman Show delusion, Internet delusion and climate change delusion; all of them a window, through madness, into the modern world.

Asbestos Angst
Source: inklingmagazine.com

Oh, it's funny to be from a country that's internationally renowned for being polite. Around here, if I accidentally bump into someone, we both apologize. So I don't quite get why Canada, despite serious and angry international pressure, continues to defend asbestos.

Interview with Seattle Seahawk JP Darche

DOC DARCHE Yeah I know he's out on IR with a hip injury but he could be back if the seahawks make the playoffs. Anyway he's a really stand-up guy and here's too hoping he heals up soon

Better By Degrees--The MBA has taken a lot of knocks, but visionaries are determined to restore it as the ultimate career accelerator

TO MBA OR NOT TO MBA: that is the hundred-thousand-dollar question. The champagne-popping cachet of the credentials has gone the way of the zoot suit.

Henry Mintzberg Unleashes A Maelstrom of Business Intelligence

I prefer to be called a management thinker. "Management Guru," is a B.S. notion. [Peter] Drucker said the reason they use the term guru is because they can't spell charlatan.

Our sense of smell is better when we stand up
Source: Toronto Star

Researchers in Montreal have determined that most people's noses appear to pick up scents better when they are sitting or standing compared to when they're reclining.

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