ADHD Genetics Sometimes Beneficial

This is good. Those with the ADHD-associated gene who were still nomads were better nourished than those without the gene. But those with the gene who¹d settled down were less fit.I knew I should have been a nomad.

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Please stop making me a consumer

I'm with Joe Paduda, I'm sick of the idea that the solution to the healthcare problem is to make us all consumers.
The claim is that if we all pay for our own healthcare, the market will take care of the rising costs. The healthcare delivery system will become effcient.
But as any economist will tell you, a free market requires information. And information requires, um, expertise.
At this point I have such a hard time buying any consumer item, that I own next to nothing. For example, I want to buy a camcorder, but I'm paralyzed. There are a million options out there and I have no idea how to compare them.
And now they want me to buy my own health insurance? And then I'm supposed to run my own retirement plan. Are they nuts? Maybe if I quit my job to run my life I can get it all done.

Sleep, perchance

This week is National Sleep Awareness Week. I was going to take this time to rant against Daylight Saving Time. But this year I'm actually looking forward to DST.

In the past, I was like, "what do I care if the sun comes up earlier or goes down later. Stop fucking with my clock!" Now I have a reason to care about the sun's rising and setting; my 3 1/2 year old son, is a slave to his circadian rythms. For the past month he's been getting up earlier and earlier. And when he gets up, everybody gets up.

But soon the government will pull a fast one on him and I'll be able to get up at my regularly scheduled time (just an hour earlier).

Tags: DST, sleep, kids