Modern Sapiens

I’ve been writing threads exploring ADHD-like experiences: interest regulation, AI hacks, the dark side, emotional triggers and more. No medical advice. Here’s the growing master list in one place. Save & share.

Loss Aversion You fear losing $100 more than gaining $100 excites you. It keeps you in mediocre jobs, toxic relationships and safe invstmnts. Example: I avoided a career switch for years because “what if I fail?” What’s one thing you regret not risking because of fear of loss?

If you have ADHD, you don’t struggle to focus. You struggle to focus on things that don’t stimulate you. Put you in front of something interesting? You’ll outwork everyone.

AI is becoming your parent, priest, and therapist in one interface. And nobody is talking about what that does to human autonomy 🧵

This is my 4th thread about ADHD. But this one hits different. Because almost nobody talks about this side: RSD = Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria And once you see it… you can’t unsee it 🧵

There’s a state where: 👉 time disappears 👉 distractions don’t exist 👉 your focus feels effortless 👉 your output goes 10x You’ve felt it before. Most people call it “a good day.” It’s actually a biological state. It’s called flow. 🧵

Most people don’t fail because they lack talent. They fail because they say this: “I’m just not good at this.” That sentence quietly kills more potential than almost anything else 🧵