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So like, in theory, yes, but in practice, now everyone has to take Adderall just to be able to keep up with their coworkers.

• caslon 5y ago
  Seems like the free market at work to me.
  • aaroninsf 5y ago
    That's about the shortest, but most on-point and total, take down of the free market I've seen in some time.
• Zababa 5y ago
  Would you apply the same reasoning to caffeine and nicotine? Should we ban both? You're also seeing the world as a competition between people ("keep up with their coworkers") but I believe most people are actually trying to make a living (no need to take adderall if you are already satisfied with what you have).
• dantheman 5y ago
  Not at all, there's more work than can possibly be done. It's not a sports competition - everyone can win.
• sneak 5y ago
  It's straightforward/trivial to excel over coworkers (even those on stimulants) at most jobs. Regardless, this idea that one needs to "keep up", as if work were a competitive footrace, is something you have invented.