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Could Vitamins Win Votes?
How to make friends and influence people… with drugs
Record election spending is forecast for 2024. Internet sidebars will become the real estate pushing you one way or another. But is there a more effective way to convince the public?
In short, yes, and it could be in the water.
There are 101 ways widely available chemicals, often recommended as standard, influence our collective state of mind.
A meta-analysis found the US homicide rate declined by as much as 28% by taking the . The impact of Omega 3 fatty acids is equally astonishing, increasing the , specifically the area linked to happiness.
The question is, could you tune the diet and health of a nation toward a specific political vote?
We need two answers:
1. What is freely available that influences our psychology?
Is fear found in a pill? Is it about reducing anxiety? Stay awake or get a good night’s sleep? How prevalent are these choices and are there instances of national adoption in place already?
2. Do any of these conditions feed toward a political opinion?
