“You cannot see the Milky Way in New York City any more ... We risk the loss of our sensual perception. And if you lose those, naturally, you try to compensate by other stimulations, by very loud noises, or by bright lights or drugs.” IfsWayTryingLightLosesLossCitiesRiskNew YorkDrugPerceptionNoiseSensualLoudNew York CityStimulationMilky WayBright LightsLoud Noises Author:Rene Dubos
“The drug of choice in the modern age is levity. We want everything to be light and bubbly. We just want to feel good.” WantFeelsLightAgeChoicesModernDrugFeel GoodLevityModern Age Author:Matt Chandler
“We all know to feel sympathy for those who've suffered from drug addiction, child abuse, and terminal illness, so the set up elicits an emotional response that the story itself very well may not earn. Energy generated by the fiction itself is likely to produce more light.” KnowsFeelsWellsMayChildrenStoriesLightEnergyFictionProduceEmotionalDrugAbuseResponseAddictionIllnessChild AbuseDrug AddictionDrug AddictTerminalEmotional ResponseTerminal Illness Author:Anthony Marra
“For the last century of neuroscience, lots of people have tried to control neurons using all sorts of different technologies - pharmacology (drugs), electrical pulses, and so on. But none of these technologies are precise. With optogenetics, we can aim light at a single cell, or a set of cells, and turn just that set of cells on or off.” PeopleDifferentLightLastsTurnsTechnologyCenturyDrugAimCellsPreciseNeurosciencePulseElectricalNeuronsPharmacology Author:Edward Boyden
“Some kids do drugs. Some kids light stuff on fire. Me, I eat oats.” LightKidsStuffFireDrugOats Author:Jordan Sonnenblick