Limitless Mindset

We answer the following Biohacking and lifehacking questions in this Q&A podcast...11:30 How to overcome vibrator addiction?19:28 Alternatives to 5-HTP for depression?33:43 What is the best combination of brain supplements?36:52 Alternatives to Resveratrol?39:35 Phenylalanine for bipolar depression?43:06 Is a large Choline dose the same as a smaller Alpha-GPC dose?46:07 Does N-Acetyl Cysteine treat Phenibut withdrawal?Read

Personal growth has really paid off for me, but I'm skeptical about spending money on the types of offerings that are so common in the personal development world; so often, they don't deliver the transformation promised. Here, I break down 7 high-ROI personal growth avenues and shed light on pricey traps. I begin with the story of how I met the disciple of the "most hated man in the world," which is illustrative of how to (NOT) spend money on personal development...1:35 Storytime: the disciple of the most hated man in the world10:18 A decade of personal growth - Fruitful for me14:24 $5000 wasted16:56 Spend money smart on personal development17:24 Nootropics/Smart Drugs21:23 High-quality food25:28 Books31:45 Self-quantification38:53 Fitness39:55 Networking42:00 Coaching47:34 The status signaling trap01:00:36 The trauma resolution trap01:03:26 Biohacking health does NOT have to be expensive01:05:02 Spend smart, not sillyRead

For the past two months, I've been on a cognitive enhancement stack, IgniCognition, unlike any I've tried before: it contains Ignitons (short for: eNPQ quasi-particle), which are tachyonic solar particles originally discovered at CERN.I interviewed the man behind this Nootropics stack, Ashley Grace. He has an impressive professional pedigree, serving high-level roles in the corporate world and as one of the founders of Charlotte's Web. But what I think makes him most interesting is his relentless curiosity about what I'm going to term: applied pragmatic spirituality. So we're going to bridge the gap here between exotic physics, practical Biohacking, and spirituality...2:55 Scientific evidence for a "consciousness-enhancing particle?"11:39 The Igniton story 20:14 Igniton-enhanced ingredients 23:07 University studies on Igniton-enhanced stacks28:49 The primacy of prevention (of cognitive decline)32:36 Nootropics vs "long COVID"37:48 Biohacker review of IgniCognition45:40 My cognitive assessment results 49:44 The Igniton-Gaia connection50:16 The psychopathy of corporations - downstream from a deficit of spirituality?58:18 Einstein: "God does not play dice with the universe"01:02:37 Maharishi Effect - experiments on "raising collective consciousness"01:09:17 Applied Kinesiology - muscle "truth testing" 01:15:12 Bio-Well energy field scanning01:22:08 Ignitons X monoatomic gold = precognition?01:27:01 Try IgniCognition - an investment in sunk-cost motivationRead

Men are going their own way. Is this a good thing? It's been (very) good for me. I've consistently rebelled against nonsensical and irrational social standards while seeking to live more empirically. And I have a great marriage as a result. From a resplendent beach on the Black Sea, I break down what I do right...This is a complex topic, so if you're a man going is own way that holds out some hope that there might be a good woman out there for you, read my book: Don't Stick Your Dick in a Blender: How to meet a nice girl instead - from a tantric husband with a better sex life than you!

My bank-robbing accomplice (AKA wife) and I address your Biohacking and Lifehacking questions in this Q&A podcast...0:41 Why I was happy in 202014:09 Biohacks for enhancing cognitive capacity to multitask16:50 Counteracting marijuana second-hand smoke18:56 Which online courses are actually worth it?26:35 Nootropics vs Memory Palace32:27 Why do you promote Pure Nootropics instead of Nootropics Depot? Do they pay you more?Read

More people than ever now believe in a flat Earth--perhaps you've wondered about it yourself. I'm the first guy to be distrustful of things that the government tells us, and I've watched most of the conspiracy documentaries on the topic, but I remain utterly unconvinced of the flat earth because of simple logic: There is tremendous economic incentive for someone to expose the supposed hoax of the globe Earth, yet no one has yet to offer really compelling evidence of a flat Earth.Here I break down why I remain a "glober," and why "flat Earth" is a Dunning-Kruger trap for both skeptics and believers...Everything mentioned here

A witty and in-depth discussion with my beautiful Bulgarian wife about Western men dating abroad, seeking asylum from modernity with the unashamedly feminine women that can be found in Medellin, Colombia, Odesa, Ukraine, or Sofia, Bulgaria - where we live. We discuss...4:47 My journey - Living abroad for +8 years7:07 Steve vs Barry: Western men fed up with Western women20:01 Will dating abroad pay off for you?24:50 The good news about dating abroad27:00 Where to date abroad35:36 Cultural savvy will make or break you38:53 Downsides of multi-cultural relationships53:03 Myth: “Women are just into guys with money"1:02:42 Living in her country1:08:48 Online marriage/matchmaking “Agencies”1:16:14 Doing a “Love tour”1:24:26 The opportunity is sunsetting…For everything mentioned here

I'm a major advocate of safe and conservative Biohacking. In this definitive guide, I'll outline my guidelines for safety and risk management strategy when it comes to performance enhancement, Smart Drugs, self-experimentation, and more. I break down the Quadrivium Empiricum, The Empirical Fourfold Way - how the "doctor of the future" outsmarts AI, medical misinformation, shoddy science, and marketing hype.2:00 Predilection for risk5:12 How to do research10:11 Get your medical advice from "the doctor of the future"17:19 "Quadrivium Empiricum" - The Empirical Fourfold Way22:09 Safe Nootropics27:33 Dosage31:03 Stacks and stacking38:53 Risk factor: Purity39:50 Antifragility - My risk philosophy45:22 The Cure: Prevention48:24 Supplement cycling strategies 50:34 Risky Nootropics52:22 Personal genotyping for precision Biohacking54:32 Biohacking without Nootropics55:54 Antifragility awaitsFor everything mentioned here

Gents, many of the women you meet will proudly proclaim on first dates or on their online dating profiles to be…“Spiritual but not religious.”It's a very modern, cosmopolitan, mainstream thing to think about oneself that I wouldn't regard as a major red flag of a “blender” — a woman that you should avoid getting involved with. But I draw a distinction between genuinely religious women and “spiritual” women. Organized religion and church attendance imbue some concrete morality, humility, self-control, and fear of the metaphysical consequences of sin, whereas a lot of Eastern and new age spiritual dalliances are merely dressed-up navel-gazing.For everything mentioned here

The gut-brain connection is deeper, weirder, and far more literal than we ever imagined. For years, we've been told that our 'gut feeling' is just a metaphor for intuition. But recent science suggests that your gut is actually a 'second brain'—a complex neural network of 100 million neurons that can operate entirely on its own, independent of the one in your skull.We aren't just talking about digestion; we're talking about a bidirectional superhighway where bacteria in your colon produce up to 90% of your body's serotonin and significantly influence your levels of GABA, the primary neurotransmitter for calm. Essentially, the 'critters' in your gut might be the master puppeteers of your mood, your sleep, and even your cognitive clarity.But as the market for 'gut health' explodes, the gap between marketing claims and clinical reality is widening. I interview Gabe Dough, the founder of Good Bru. His product bridges that gap using a specific combination of prebiotics and a resilient probiotic strain known as BC30, which I've been using.2:16 “All illness starts in the gut”6:50 Origins of autoimmune disease11:40 Probiotic vs Prebiotic20:43 Synbiotic vs Psychobiotic25:55 The truth about Probiotic yogurt30:58 Probiotics for PCOS34:41 Gut microbiome testing42:25 Probiotics vs Candida44:06 Probiotics for protein absorption44:25 Probiotics for children46:39 Probiotics for Psoriasis47:14 Probiotics for bone loss54:32 Digestion hacks epic feasting58:57 Weird science: Personality transplant via gut microbes1:03:50 Weird science: Microbial hijacking of craving control1:06:53 Gabe's supplement stack1:09:03 Probiotic cofactors1:12:03 More yogurt hacks1:16:42 Weird science: Brain as "PR department" for the gut1:19:33 Stress vs the “gut brain”1:21:01 Gut health as a tool for architecting personalityRead

Smart drugs may change your personality.They'll make you more motivated and focused.You'll be more disciplined.More aggressive and assertive.A bit more cocky and egocentric.Don't be surprised if they make you a more pragmatic, cynical, and judgmental person.Imagine an Ayn Rand character who remembers all 48 of Robert Greene's 48 Laws of Power - ask yourself if you would like to become like that person?Strolling the ruins of the Roman city of Serdika, I reveal this little-discussed effect of certain Nootropics and pose the question: Have you ever pondered what it would be like to be inside a psychopath's mind? Smart drugs may inject a quantum of psychopathy into your personality that makes you a bit more functional in a cynical, unfair world.Read

In a world where enhancements gleam,Lived a biohacker named Jonathan, oh so keen.With his trusty wife, a vision so grand,They answered philosophical questions across the land."Is beauty just skin deep, or something more?"Jonathan's voice boomed through the mic with a roar."What supplements can sharpen our minds, so we think on a dime?"The crowd buzzed with anticipation, minds aflame.Jonathan, with a flourish, pointed to a jar,"These nootropics, my friends, will open your mental bar."Questions9:10 Is beauty a social construct?14:06 Aesthetics of Rhodiola?18:32 Patented Bacopa derivatives: Synapsa or Bacognize?22:52 Long-term memory vs "memory recall"25:42 Phosphatidylcholine for Bipolar Depression?28:34 Vitamin B3 alternatives for Schizophrenia?32:21 My daily stack?32:21 Resetting culture with Psilocybin?45:52 Enhancing memory for language learning?Read

These peptides, BPC-157 and TB-500, I'm going to keep around as a "bio prepping" measure if I get injured in the gym or wherever - they enable rapid healing of injuries. Here I break down the recent science on these research chemicals...Read Meta-Analysis

Social risk is a double-edged sword; it can make you the beloved local celebrity at a party or make everyone hate you. This book delves deeply into the nuances of how to yield social risk wisely and maximize the ensuing adventure and romance. It's an entertaining and informative adventurer's manifesto by Jon Levi, a behavioral scientist who likes to party.This book follows the storytelling-rich, principal > anecdote > scientific reference, format that makes non-fiction a pleasure to read.1:33 Storytime: Trying stand-up comedy in Panama7:30 Social risk is a double-edged sword10:25 Epicness is hard to plan11:45 Mission-driven partying = epicness13:40 Constrain thyself16:00 Push boundaries19:10 Make arbitrary requests20:05 Be impulsive21:50 Thinking slow vs thinking risky?26:00 Travel27:00 Fear of missing out31:17 Seek discomfort31:40 Booze?34:50 ConclusionFor everything mentioned here

You need to be able to engage her in a conversation that she finds stimulating. But that will likely be different than what you find stimulating — if you're like me, the things you find stimulating are health, philosophy, history, politics, entrepreneurship, meditation, and fitness. But, most young, attractive women are NOT going to be very interested in this kind of stuff. She'll get bored, awkward silences will ensue, and she won't be all that interested in seeing you again.Here, I reveal 14 topics conducive to seduction that turn women on, which will engage their playful side.For everything mentioned here

An aspirational sex-hacker asks: "Any advice to come faster? That's my problem, actually..." I answer that, address some Biohacking questions, and address the fundamental philosophical question, "Why would a good God allow bad things to happen to good people?"9:03 How can men come faster during sex?32:18 Does Piracetam increase sex drive?33:16 How much do they pay you to advertise Nootropic products?35:28 What Nootropics are best for focus and communication?39:00 Does Adrafinil differ from Modafinil?41:32 MAOI alternatives to Selegiline?44:45 Why does "The Programmer" let bad things happen to good people?Read

I perused hundreds of Piracetam users' reports and came across a statistically significant number of anecdotal reports of people who used Piracetam for a while and experienced some transformational benefits to their intelligence, BUT when they discontinued the use of the Smart Drug, there was an unmistakable deficit in their cognitive abilities. 10% - 15% of anecdotal reports mention this Post-Piracetam Intelligence Deficit. I have a couple of explanations for this...Read Meta-Analysis

Two questions I get a lot from people who are new to Biohacking and cognitive enhancers are...❓ Which Smart Drugs actually work and have science behind them?❔ Which Nootropic should I get started with?⚡ My answer to both questions is the same: PiracetamIt has a significant body of scientific evidence behind it; over 750 human studies and academic papers have been published about Piracetam on PubMed, with over ten meta-analysis papers in just the past decade.9:51 Scientific Research11:52 Memory Enhancement17:50 Mitochondrial Nootropic19:47 Stroke Recovery20:12 Cognitive Enhancer20:50 Verbal Fluency22:45 Cognitive Decline24:26 Vs Alzheimer's24:53 Mechanism of Action26:42 History27:13 Vs Depression29:50 Sources35:43 Piracetam Non-Responders?37:10 Tolerance37:28 Post-Piracetam Intelligence Deficit43:09 Addiction or Dependence?43:50 Experiential46:47 Featured in Fiction47:21 Dosage & Cofactors49:22 Side Effects & Risks56:23 ConclusionRead Meta-Analysis

Join me for a tour of the Limitless lair in Sofia, Bulgaria. It's not the most impressive home office/content creator studio, but I have been relentlessly productive here: two books (180,000 words) written in the past year, along with dozens of articles, podcasts, and videos - written, scripted, recorded, and produced. When I became a father, my working hours decreased while my income increased; of course, that has everything to do with psychological-motivational switches that get thrown when you become a parent, BUT the 17 tools and Biohacker trappings that we'll tour here certainly helped...For every mentioned here, read: Tour of the Limitless Lair

This month, we had a death in the family. And death can be a mirror - a mirror in which our convenient self-delusions crumble. I believe that we honor the dead by speaking honestly about them, and I've got a few timely musings to share...Read

My whole life, I've been told that the first year of parenthood will be one of the hardest years of one's life. But with almost four months under my belt as a brand new 40-year-old dad, my experience has been very different. Being a parent is easier than I expected.This year, I've managed to write two books, my income has increased while my working hours have decreased, and I manage to work out and make love to my wife a few times a week. This has a lot to do with the productivity hacks I've had in place for years, but it's also due to my stack of health habits and the Nootropics almost constantly flowing in my blood. The obsessive Biohacking and self-care stuff that can seem, perhaps, self-indulgent becomes a 1000% validated when one embarks on the grand adventure of parenthood.And this should have you questioning the other thing you've been told a thousand times: that with advancing age comes inevitable decline. Might that also be something that was once the non-negotiable human condition, but now - hackable?I think so, and today, I'm talking to a man who has made that his mission, Edward Van Harmelen of Youth and Earth.3:18 Self-quantification, supplementation, or storytelling?15:33 The solution to time-management: intolerance18:26 Edward's Biohacker origin story23:14 Health hacks discovered abroad27:02 Jonathan's #1 lifehack for nomads31:48 NMN: "This is pretty mind-blowing stuff!"33:40 EMFs vs NAD Boosters38:03 NMN: Empowering the Epigenome43:17 Biohacker reviews: V14, AM Blend, PM Sleep Dust56:10 Micro-dosing anti-aging agents58:45 Two approaches to supplementation1:04:43 Homeopathy and functional frequencies01:08:44 Lithium and longevity01:14:32 Melatonin shouldn't be microdosed?01:22:25 OptimallyMeRead

Gents, this might be the most important book you ever read. Here's why…Your choice to pursue beauty and seduce women or your choice to succumb to the pixel-powered pleasure world that beckons you with its siren song from every glowing screen, and your choice of who to intertwine your body with have a massively outsized impact on the trajectory of your life.You can make all the right choices when it comes to your career, what you study, how you spend your time, your health, and your friends, but if you invite the wrong kind of woman into your bed, she can ruin your life. While the right kind of woman by your side will enrich your life in ways you can't even imagine and propel you to new heights. Your entanglements with women are the ultimate high-risk/high-reward game. And this book will imbue the savvy seducer with the wisdom and tools to win that game with every thrust into the future.ORDER the digital, print, or audio book edition

Imagine an Anarcho-libertarian future wherein philosophy, reason, and science prevail. The cathedrals of corruption looming over every nation, governments have been replaced by direct democracy on an unhackable blockchain. And with the absence of the state, perverse economic incentives, monopolies, and dogma in healthcare. In that future, will traditional allopathic medicine and healthcare be relegated to the dustbin of history and replaced entirely by frequency medicine?That's the question I explore with Dr. Zulia Frost. I interview the woman behind the Flexbeam, my favorite red light therapy device, and Clinical Director of Recharge Health. She is a world-renowned expert in neuromodulation and photobiomodulation. Her professional profile is distinguished by three decades of direct patient care - blending Western medicine with traditional modalities (Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture) and rigorous academic training, providing an authoritative lens through which to examine the burgeoning field of wearable photobiomodulation.1:22 About Dr. Zulia Frost3:48 Will allopathic medicine be replaced by frequency medicine?6:35 A case for optimism about the future8:13 Her story - a wounded healer12:53 Traditional chinese medicine and acupuncture22:04 Red light therapy cofactors24:48 Recent red light therapy science30:16 Red light therapy for sleep33:06 Red light therapy vs S.A.D.36:09 Methylene blue and red light therapy39:24 Parenting questions: red light therapy for babies (and boobies)?45:58 My experience with the FlexBeam51:45 The Recharge Health community53:15 Convincing the stubborn (and suffering) to try alternative medicine?58:06 Rant on subscription-servicization of Biohacking productsRead

David R. Hawkins's Power vs. Force is one of those books that makes you pause, tilt your head, and think: Did I just stumble across a secret manual for decoding reality? Or is this spiritual snake oil with footnotes?Hawkins claims to have discovered a way to objectively distinguish truth from falsehood using nothing more than the body's response to statements. The tool is Applied Kinesiology, a technique where a subject's muscle strength is tested while holding a thought, statement, or stimulus in mind. If the statement is true, the muscle “goes strong.” If it is false, the muscle “goes weak.”I conceived of an N of 1 experiment to test the bold claim that Applied Kinesiology makes: Since I have my whole genome sequenced, I can muscle test specific statements about my DNA and then check them against the raw report. If my body can consistently verify the truth or falsity of genetic facts, I can verify by checking my own genes, which would be a powerful confirmation of Hawkins's central claim. The results were surprising...1:25 Applied Kinesiology "Truth-Testing"4:01 The Essential Message5:53 The Testing Technique9:27 The Map of Consciousness15:23 Philosophical takeaways20:38 Hawkins's Biases24:12 Dense Language, Big Ideas27:07 Music vs Growth Mindset30:09 My Truth-Testing Experiments39:13 Skepticism is Well-WarrantedRead

Creativity is how we liberate ourselves from the pattern of the past. It's how we break through glass ceilings in our personal and professional lives. It's how we leave a mark on culture. It's the key ingredient in the better storytelling that the world badly needs to galvanize toward a more utopian future. It's what we desperately need to build and preserve wealth in the insidious economy of modernity. And human creativity is, I might argue, our only hope of staying ahead of AI as it devours more and more of the digital world.I did some public speaking at a great event here in Sofia. In just about 8 minutes, I broke down my best creativity Biohacks - from frequencies and flow state to Tantra (I did my damndest to "keep it PG-13!") and then did some live Q&A with the audience.Read

Think of your grandest goals - in your career, in business, in your creative or artistic expression, and with your family - it's my contention that whatever you endeavor to do in life, you're not honoring those goals sufficiently if you are not regularly challenging your body. For our minds rot when our bodies go unchallenged.I interview a man who has taken THAT to the extreme and arrived at a surprising mindset takeaway - which we'll share at the end of this podcast. Jeffrey Weiss, an Ironman, triathlete, and ultramarathoner - pushing through grueling 20-hour night races - at 63 years old. And in all his free time, he's an attorney and author. He sent me his new book, Racing against Time: On Ironman, Ultramarathons, and the Quest for Transformation in Midlife.2:42 Thoughts on "Racing Against Time"4:21 On winning vs finishing8:37 13 years of endurance racing14:01 Endurance and flowstate16:23 Endurance racing biohacks26:12 Biohacking cold shock29:44 Mantras for motivation32:03 The endurance racing diet40:29 Time management42:55 Comrades UltraMarathon in South Africa50:36 On good coaching54:24 On multi-year goals56:54 On inevitable injuries1:00:11 The motivation to race1:15:00 The mindset take-away from "Racing Against Time"Read

Oscar Wilde wrote, "I can resist all things, except temptation," and THAT is why there's no such thing as promiscuous "safe sex." With salacious storytelling, red pill wisdom, along with tools, tactics, and "relationship hacks" for the savvy seducer, I break down what to do about THAT in the first audio chapter of the recently released second edition of my book for men.3:50 The Inevitable Uncondoming6:55 "Entertain" a traditionalist/conservative take on dating9:21 Red pilled in jail13:58 Storytime - A malicious madre in Medellín17:19 Premature unsafe sex you won't resist25:06 Storytime - A Czech agent goes AWOL28:12 Storytime - Compelled kitty sacrifice36:55 Don't despair! My story…43:13 The mythological "red pill dream girl"48:07 Having “the talk”55:56 The counter-intuitive solution1:10:50 Reading lifehacks1:13:43 About the second edition1:19:41 "Except Temptation" A seducer's anthemRead chapter

The predicament of pain demands radical thinking. Here, I interview a doctor who has made it his life's work to liberate the suffering from pain. Dr. Hany Demian is a regenerative medicine pioneer, CEO of BioSpine, and a former trauma doctor, whose work is transforming how we understand recovery. He's a hardcore Biohacker himself, and he's actually going to take some of your questions about pain at the end of this podcast.2:42 Pain management4:17 Would we be spiritually poorer without pain?5:34 Story: The bloody day that changed him9:22 From trauma to healing11:10 Minimally invasive surgery13:02 What is regenerative medicine?15:06 Regenerative peptides: BPC-157, TB-500, GHK-Cu20:51 DO NOT TRUST peptides sold online26:01 Anti-aging and longevity33:30 Precision healing with genomics34:58 Biohacking sugar indulgence39:09 The role of AI in healing?45:33 Persuading the suffering and stubborn51:37 The psychosomatic emotion-pain connection54:46 Making healing economically accessible57:18 Pain prevention1:04:43 Audience questions1:09:50 Is "faith healing" BS?1:13:47 The fringe: healing nanobots?1:15:53 Healing the Opioid Crisis?Read

My magnum opus SciFi novel about biohacking, seduction, and philosophy is now available for your page-flipping pleasure! Why get Hourglass in print...Print books have a longevity of edifying impact that digital books simply don't. You can give it to someone else after reading it.I guarantee there's someone in your life who badly needs to hear the Houglass message about reclaiming sexual sovereignty via the Biohacking tools that drive the thrilling plot forward. Handing them this book in print, as a gift, cuts through the online noise and distraction we're all drowning in.Hourglass in paperback is a great value at $22, as it includes a QR code at the back, which gets you a download of the 11-hour "odyssey of the mind" style audiobook and other transformative resources.I chose Lulu bookstore for distributing it because they actually print books in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, and India - so you can get your hands on it fast with no international shipping brain damage.Order

This is an effective life hack for improving your mood and assuaging Seasonal Affective Disorder. It also goes by the name Loving-Kindness Meditation; which I think is a really bad name. It makes it sound like a girly, wimpy thing, and it's not. It's an effective tool for managing your thoughts and emotions.Everything mentioned here

In this minisode interview with William Mulvaney, we discuss the rather insane feat he's undertaking (with his feat) - a 100-mile ultramarathon. We talk about injury workout prevention, share unconventional willpower shortcuts, and swap stories.Read

Stoicism - the philosophy articulated by the embattled Marcus Aurelius as his personal life and empire threatened to collapse around him in 170 BC. It's over 2000 years old, and we are now living in a world utterly inconceivable to even the most imaginative Roman aristocrat in the midst of a psychedelic Dionysian fever dream. Modernity seems architected to conflict directly with every facet of evolutionary psychology and the philosophical values that have edified men and women for millennia. While new science, thinking, and practice from the fields of Biohacking and personal growth seem to offer pragmatic solutions in a world doing its damnedest to claw away our free will with digital talons.But is stoicism past its due date as a mindset?That's the question I'll be exploring today with Will R. Young, a behavioral finance strategist, philosopher, top-performing superforecasters in the Good Judgment Project, author of a new book, "The Enough Equation," and avid surfer - he knows a thing or two about dodging shark fins.2:15 How is stoicism applicable in modern life?7:17 Preferred indifference - to everything?11:17 Stoicism and dating18:30 Stoicism and financial life21:35 Should a stoic reward themselves with "toys?"26:10 Stoicism vs AI-driven technological unemployment34:10 Monetary wealth vs spiritual wealth41:15 Hacks for mindset "hardcases"44:30 The supreme value of attention51:20 Flow vs control1:00:30 How to define your "enough"1:04:05 What is the science of superforecasting?1:09:10 Forecasting vs time1:11:11 Trust-testing anything?1:20:00 Jonathan's surfing storyRead

Underslept? It happens to even the best Biohackers sometimes.The obvious solution to get better sleep: do meditation and go to bed earlier, avoid screens before bed, wear blue-blocking glasses, take magnesium or melatonin before bed - stuff you've no doubt heard of before. But sometimes even the best sleep hacker finds themselves sleep-deprived. I'm no stranger to it myself as I've been a salsa-dancing pickup artist, a digital nomad, an obsessive entrepreneur, and now - a brand new dad!Fortunately, there are some effective hacks for operating at almost 100% while sleep-deprived...Everything mentioned here

I'm done uploading because YouTube sucks! And YouTube sucks so much that, like the swirling accretion disk of a supermassive black hole devouring a brilliant galaxy, it illuminates how much people (in general) suck these days. Strong words, I know. I'll elucidate and I've got some tough love for you here, but first, a little bit about my history with YouTube, you may find this interesting...Read

In this special Q&A episode, I'm joined in my Biohacking Lair by my mom to answer your questions and respond to some of the feedback we got from you in the recent Limitless Mindset Audience Survey. Ranging from how to Biohack without the tedium of consuming endless pills and powders to the awesomeness of Elk Velvet Antler and how to get your very own Bulgarian "model wife."7:30 Elk Velvet Antler is AWESOME (but causes cramps?)14:54 I'm sick of taking supplements as pills and powders!20:33 Which supplements massively increase eyesight?23:17 My mind goes 100 miles an hour, but I feel like I never get anything important done!32:19 Your dating advice for men is "sleezy" - is your wife even real?38:57 What's your take on the "X" Nootropic stack?Read

The Intelligence Squared YouTube channel is one of the few places that transcend the internet echo chamber by pitting teams of experts against each other for over an hour to explore the nuances and challenge our preconceptions of decisive issues. This week, they debated the motion: College Students Should Be Allowed to Take Smart Drugs - which I watched with keen interest.0:15 Q&A: Should I start Biohacking by taking a bunch of Nootropics together?6:13 Debate analysis: College Students Should Be Allowed to Take Smart DrugsRead

Becoming a new father is a page flip without equal to a new chapter of life, and I have a lot to learn, so finishing a thousand-page book on the topic seems smart! Here, I break down what I learned from Ben Greenfield's tome on the topic - from tackling the screen time issue, and providing actually edifying education to establishing family traditions and building character.I suppose this is the first of a lot of parenting hacks that you can expect from me, but those of you who have followed me for a while know I didn't start offering marriage advice until after I'd remained happily married for at least half a decade. Similarly, as long as I lack experience in the parenting department, I'll try to keep my content around the topic grounded in the authoritative experiences of others or sound scientific research.2:31 Storytime: The elasticity of the protective impulse at the playground5:57 Economics of information consumption7:47 About the book8:46 Family traditions14:55 Scheduling17:49 The protective impulse22:33 The screen time issue28:47 Discipline34:23 Edifying Education45:56 Parenting psychology51:26 Building character53:57 Travel-hacking parenting55:37 On apologizing56:52 On marriage57:45 On love1:00:37 On slowing down1:02:25 Health and Biohacking1:04:40 ConclusionEverything mentioned here

Here I break the silence: I lost a child two years ago. Since then, my wife and I have harrowed through hell.Are there Biohacks and lifehacks for dealing with this kind of grief? Yes and no. To some extent, the pain of loss is pain that becomes you. It's pain that wraps itself around every quantum fiber of your soul for the duration of this life. But the mental health crisis that ensues after losing a child, that's hackable.But the story of the worst day of my life - the worst thing that ever happened to us - ends with the greatest hope.Read

With the summer season upon us, my podcast assistant par excellence and I elucidate and illuminate in this Q&A. From questions about entrepreneurship, passive income, and the most dire of mighty morality dilemmas dividing a young Morrocan man to delving into Dark Triad brain training and curing COVID-vaccine-caused cancer (yes, I said it!) And my erudite assistant shares a few thoughts on my recently released science fiction/cyberpunk thriller novel about seduction, biohacking, and philosophy.5:13 Dinnin's thoughts on Hourglass11:48 Entrepreneurship and passive income to increase freedom17:08 Curing cancer naturally - is it a myth?28:50 Brain training psychopathic "dark triad traits"37:03 Fast-burning brainpower boosters?43:28 Biohacking Crohn's disease48:26 Vision hacks51:45 Natural compounds that antagonize GABA-B receptors?53:32 Should I break my religion's rules to lose my virginity?Read

I'm cross-eyed; I have conspicuous strabismus. On my 40th birthday, I decided to correct one of my most grievous errors and cover it up. I should have done this earlier; there are some good personal development lessons in why I didn't...Related Read

After working obsessively for 1100 hours on my novel "Hourglass," I had this epiphany: AI is a mirror of our relationship with lust.The same men who are ruled by lust will likely be ruled by AI. But the man who reclaims his will - and disciplines his desire - won't be replaced. He'll be multiplied. His work and the good he does will be multiplied by AI. While his bio-spiritual essence will be multiplied by lust: the only tool with which we capture time and defeat death.The novel I wrote is about that very struggle: to reclaim free will and wield it in a world doing its damndest to claw it away from us with digital talons. Here, I'll share the AI and tech tools and other hacks I used to bring my story to life...3:00 Science fiction does not remain science fiction for long5:25 Lust is a tool (like AI)9:45 Writing the book (with AI?)27:12 Audiobook production31:00 The cinematic trailer (was a waste of time!)35:00 The internet hated my book, while real people loved it41:50 Epiphany from 1100 hours of obsessionRead: The 17 tools I used to bring my novel - "Hourglass" - to life

My new novel "Hourglass" - about biohacking, seduction, and philosophy - bears the subtitle "Not For Sex Addicts." Did I subtitle it so JUST to be provocative and elicit your curiosity, click, and purchase?No.The subtitle is a selective invitation. A challenge to those with some degree of sexual sovereignty - a mirror held up to their own agency: their capacity to bend the trajectory of their lives through sharper, smarter sexual choices. And the subtitle is my subtle shot across the bow of Sexaholics Anonymous and the broader psychological sphere, which, I contend, disempowers many by giving them the label “Sex Addict.”Here, I level 7 trenchant critiques, breaking down what the mainstream gets wrong about "Sex Addiction" — and why I wrote a spicy science fiction thriller to make sexual self-control SEXY.7:25 “Sex Addict”18:15 Porn Addiction ≠ Sex Addiction22:30 Naughty = Irresistible25:40 Surrender?34:05 The Solution: Prevention38:30 Why I Wrote Hourglass47:00 History of HourglassRead: The Myth of Sex Addiction

Limitless meets Black Mirror meets American Psycho in Hourglass - my debut science fiction novel available now for your reading and listening pleasure as a digital book "Odyssey of the Mind" style audiobookXavier is a Biohacker, mathematical savant, gamer, and cyber-criminal—on trial for masterminding a $9 million heist of “pre-cognitive capital.” Pushed out of his comfort zone one night at a cigar bar, he approaches a strikingly beautiful Colombian woman, Astrid. An old Russian man gives him a potent confidence drug; It gives him the edge he needs to make her his to lose.But Astrid has an identical twin sister with designs to draw him into a darker web. Caught between seduction and self-sabotage, freedom and addiction, profit and prophecy - Xavier is drawn into a war for the dying soul of mankind. A war that will be waged in flowstate with Smart Drugs, psychedelics, Tantric techniques, Machiavellian maneuvers, and Memory Palaces built in the brain.In a world where corporations enslave the human mind to predict the future, he'll excel because of the Biohacking tools he yields and his innate talents but falter because of his fundamentally flawed character. Yet, he'll learn that...The only way to capture time and defeat death is through the beauty of a woman."Order Novel [Audiobook Included]

"Dictator 3: Empire of Waves was a game that played you. The Link permissions the game requested were invasive, to say the least, and included stimulating lucid dreams while you slept."Xavier succumbs to the siren song of digital escapism as he begins his career in the immersive VR game as an officer in the Grand Navy of Atlantis.Pre-Order Novel (Release: Mid-2025)

An old Russian man gives Xavier a mysterious confidence drug (that's been to space and back) along with some advice that gives him a shot at charming a woman unlike any other he has ever known - Astrid. But she has an identical twin sister who seems to have succumbed to the same corrupting modern influences as our protagonist...Pre-Order Novel (Release: Mid-2025)

"Xavier had reentered the digitized opium trip that comprised the majority of his waking life." But fortune favors the Mnemonist when he remembers the number 91852719521639092112 and then, when he - pushed out of his comfort zone one night outside a cigar bar - approaches a strikingly beautiful Colombian woman...Pre-Order Novel (Release: Mid-2025)

Might the majestic mysteries of history and the universe itself, that vast domain of the unknown, mirror the unknown potential within us all?That's the question we approach in this in-studio interview with "Bulgaria's Indiana Jones" - Dan Xuisoko. This is going to be a real treat for those of you who are conspiracy curious as he's visited Petra in Jordan, delved into the depths of the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun, and explored Perperikon - Europe's Oldest City, along with other travels in South America.He's built an orgone energy pyramid, along with conducting some rather bizarre esoteric personal experiments - that we'll get into. And he's a Biohacker, he's done a hundred push-ups without breathing!3:37 Gateway tapes meditation12:00 Astral projection20:40 Consciousness Self-Experiments28:00 Our Ayahuasca experiences36:21 The travels of "Bulgaria's Indiana Jones"48:56 Mysterious sites in Bulgaria52:42 The philosophy of the Atlanteans1:00:56 Mysterious elongated skulls found in the Caucasus1:06:42 The Goldbach Conjecture and the Golden Ratio1:13:58 The moon landings1:26:49 The mystery of human origin1:30:02 The Nephilim terraformed Earth?Read

"The 33 trillion cells of his body and his 20,000 genes screamed at him to say something to her, yet her mere presence paralyzed him." - The opening line of my upcoming science fiction novel - about seduction, Biohacking, and philosophy.Set in a dystopian near-future world drunk on virtual bliss, it delves deeply into the themes of the digital enslavement of human sexuality, tech addiction, the state of men in modernity, the scientific study of consciousness, cycles of civilization, free will vs predetermination, and corporate capture of the prophetic ability of the mind. This novel illustrates the application of some of the edgier Biohacks, lifehacks, and social dynamics hacks. Along with some philosophical exposition that will clarify the reader's viewpoint of the absurdistan of the modern world.Pre-Order Novel

Dopamine is often misunderstood as the “pleasure” molecule, but its primary role is motivation, reward-seeking behavior, and reinforcement learning. It drives goal-oriented behavior, productivity, focus, and even longevity. Dopamine is essential in habit formation and performance optimization—but it's also involved in addiction and burnout.I'm joined by my friend, Lucas Aoun of Boost Your Biology, and we go deep on the topic of dopamine here and how to Biohack it for a vigorous life of meaning, joy, and adventure.1:31 What performance enhancers we are on today3:38 Flowstate and dopamine7:10 Biohack BEFORE going to therapy9:21 An herbal alternative to Modafinil - Catuaba Bark13:00 Dopamine-Boosting Nootropics16:47 Evidence for Catuaba21:00 Dopamine and empathy23:55 Ultradian rhythms and flowstate28:07 Dopamine fasting30:00 A VR-Hack for flowstate35:41 The Atlantis-Catuaba connection43:43 Anakainōsis - Our flagship transformational program47:43 About CatuaPure™ from INB4SUPPSRead

Chaga was the "peasant's cancer cure" - describing a political prisoner stricken with cancer and subjected to iatrogenic radiation treatment, Solzhenitsyn writes. "He could not imagine any greater joy than to go away into the woods for months on end, to break off this chaga, crumble it, boil it up on a campfire, drink it and get well like an animal."This forest-dwelling elixir of health, long renowned by Siberian shamans, belongs in your herbal stack for its remarkable immune-enhancing properties...2:12 History5:34 A Terrific Tree-Hugger6:16 Summary of Chaga Science9:48 Vs Cancer16:25 Vs Stomach Ulcers17:07 Anti-Viral18:20 Anti-Microbial18:35 Anti-Allergenic19:45 Nootropic?20:44 Vs Fatigue21:33 Sources26:17 Harvesting Chaga28:30 Side Effects29:26 Usage & Dosage30:42 Cofactors33:58 Biohacker Review37:40 ConclusionRead Chaga Meta-Analysis

Your smartphone can, in the most insidious way, royally f!*k with your relational tranquility, it makes cheating a matter of sliding, not deciding.The solution is an "Open Phone" policy with your partner: This means that you can check each other's smartphones, devices, laptops, and social media accounts as much as you would like - without the implication that the other is doing anything wrong. This policy really simplifies things in the self-control department when it comes to temptation. Your good intentions to be a loyal partner do less than you think to fortify your self-control in a world doing its damnedest to lead you astray. An Open Phone policy is an unstylish yet effective lifehack for the sexual self-control you and your partner need.Read