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Law of conservation of focus
Or why I stopped taking Methylphenidate
Oct 4
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Karthik S
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September 2024
Knowing yourself
Knowing yourself too much can sometimes mean you pay too much attention to low-probability low-impact events, which can result in overall poor…
Sep 26
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Karthik S
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May 2024
Why ADHD makes jobs hard
Learning patterns associated with ADHD makes you "spiky" - you are really good at some things and really bad at everything else. And most jobs require a…
May 31
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Karthik S
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Demand for distraction is highly inelastic, for me
A couple of months back I had written about the economics of distraction. Recent observations suggest I'd massively overestimated the elasticity of…
May 15
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Karthik S
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Burst a vein, and die
Sometimes doing many things at a time can be exhausting. Like Vikram Seth puts it, you (metaphorically) "burst a vein and die", and find it hard to…
May 9
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Karthik S
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April 2024
Is Adderall being overprescribed?
Adderall, the primary drug used to treat ADHD in the US, made an appearance on Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast. A few pertinent observations based on that.
Apr 19
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Karthik S
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March 2024
Neurodiversity and Elite Institutions
Outperformance in highly competitive exams is positively correlated with neurodiversity
Mar 18
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Karthik S
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Demand and supply of distraction
I'm wondering if cutting supplies of distraction actually makes you less distracted, or just leaves you craving for more.
Mar 4
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Karthik S
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December 2023
Base level of dopamine
The base level of dopamine is stochastic, for me at least. And so the effectiveness of ADHD medication on me can also be stochastic.
Dec 7, 2023
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Karthik S
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Artificial Social Intelligence
Humans learn through intuition and feelings. However, the one thing I'm unable to develop intuition for is human feelings (including my own). So I'm…
Dec 1, 2023
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Karthik S
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November 2023
Is it ADHD after all?
I'm starting to have doubts that ADHD is the only long term mental health issue I have
Nov 6, 2023
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Karthik S
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August 2023
My Next Step
I feel anxious when I don’t know where to place my next step, literally and figuratively. And the compounding effect of this means a series of small…
Aug 23, 2023
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Karthik S
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