Microdosing | Silicon Valley’s Newest Smartdrug?

Recently, while out to dinner with a few Silicon Valley Senior Management types ( Startup / Enterprise ), the question of how one could go about achieving the “Limitless Effect” was brought up. Of course referring to the film Limitless, where Bradley Cooper’s character taps into his full potential by using a performance-enhancing smart drug that allows him to learn almost anything at will.

A few ideas were tossed around as to how one could go about tapping into more human potential. Different methods of biohacking were discussed at great length, while ideas such as time-restricted dieting and supplementation of nootropic smart drugs like Modafinil or Noopept seemed to bring about anecdotal success stories. That is when the conversation took an interesting turn.

“Dave”, a SR Management Level employee at a Silicon Valley based SaaS company revealed that he had been experimenting with microdosing for a few months. Microdosing, is a technique of consuming low doses ( 1/10th normal dose ) of psychedelics, usually LSD or Psilocybin to help enhance cognitive and creative functions without experiencing any of the hallucination effects. Almost immediately, stories of past psychedelic experiences began floating around the dinner table. The general consensus was that going to work “high” on psychedelics seemed like an extremely bad idea.