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Modafinil: The Rise of Smart Drugs

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The core of biohacking is finding tricks and tools that cause a big impact with very little effort. Call it enlightened laziness or the relentless pursuit for personal perfection, if there is any difference between them. It’s time to write about Modafinil , the performance-enhancing smart drug that belongs in your bag of biohacker tricks, at least some of the time. This post shares the experience of several people who use it, including first-time users and an interview with a biomedical engineer who, like me, is a long-time Modafinil user. Read to the end for warnings. What is modafinil? Modafinil is a smart drug, also known as a nootropic. It enhances your cognitive function in a variety of ways (more on that in a second) & you can buy modafinil online too. There are plenty of smart drugs, but modafinil stands in a class of its own for a few reasons: It’s not a stimulant . Modafinil acts sort of like a stimulant, but it’s actually a eugeroic – a wakefulness-promoting