Shuffle the Pups
If you want more usable brain cycles available at 10a while work is serving you up one problem to solve after another, start with your feet. Not a pill. Not...
Attention, Please: The Goldmind Blog
These posts are not medical advice. They represent the personal opinions of Dr. Vagts. Brains are complicated, research can be contradictory, and nothing here is gospel. Get to know how the founder of Goldmind thinks.
Featured post
TikTok: The Dopamine Slot Machine
TikTok is not benign. It is an attentional gambling mechanism. It hooks your mind and gets worse from there.
Blog posts
The Mental Allen Wrench: Stimulants Without ADHD - Working Harder, Not Smarter
This isn’t a moral judgment, it’s a utility calculation. I have reservations about stimulants being slung willy-nilly into our society for many reasons, but one of the principal ones is:...
Transmuting Desire and Goal Attainment
How do you use your unfragmented mind to get what you want?
Why Defrag at All?
If you can’t first sit quietly without a screen in front of you dazzling you with novelty, you probably can’t wait long enough to feel the spark that just happens...
The Ping Penalty
A ping from your phone or computer isn’t a suggestion. It’s a mental interloper. You pay an attentional price even if you never touch your phone or respond to the...
The 3C Morning Routine: Caffeine (+L-theanine), Creatine, Citicoline
Your quadruple shot Red Eye from Starbucks isn’t the most evidence-based approach to optimizing your cognition for a steady workday.
The Cost and Return on Investment from Goldmind:Focus
Goldmind isn't capsules and soft gels, it's time. And your time is valuable.
The New Neuralyzer
TikTok wipes your mind clean of any goals after 10 minutes of use. What could go wrong?
Mental Metabolic Syndrome
What are the cognitive equivalents of: 34% of U.S. adults with 3/5 criteria• H -- low HDL < 40• O -- obesity, waist > 40"• T -- high triglycerides > 150• B...
Instant Entertainment and The Attention Economy
"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." -- Pascal
Our Fragmented Future and Digital Discipline
What happens to our minds and our culture if the current digital trends continue? Do we stay at the peak of "Mount Stupid"?
Short-form brain
We don't always know the down-stream consequences of a habit right away (see image).
Why make Goldmind?
We'd rather you get the message of Goldmind than get the supplements.
How short is too short?
What exactly is the length of "short" in Short-Form Video? What are our minds capable of contextualizing? It's not 30 seconds.
The Zig-Zag Marathon
Constantly switching contexts on short-form video has consequences. Here's what they are.
TikTok: The Dopamine Slot Machine
TikTok is not benign. It is an attentional gambling mechanism. It hooks your mind and gets worse from there.
What is focus? Why does Adderall seem to work?
A brief discussion on what stimulants can and can't help you with.
Tools, short-form media, and our minds
SFM and our modern tools of information and entertainment are changing us. Our inattention epidemic is more from brain training than brain disorders.
These articles are for educational purposes only and are not medical advice. The views expressed are those of the author and do not establish a doctor–patient relationship. Dietary supplement statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Individual responses vary.