does that come from being biologically younger or just having had less time to become set in their ways?
I think humans are sacks of chemicals to a much greater degree than most of LW believes. As a simple example, note that injections of testosterone into older men tend to change their personality quite a bit.
I don’t know if being less open to new experiences is purely a function of the underlying hardware, but it certainly is to a large extent a function of physiology, hormonal balance, etc.
fixable with better pharma technology
I hope you realize you’re firmly in the “better living through chemistry” territory now.
if we can figure out how to temporarily put people into a more childlike exploratory open-to-experience state.
The idea of putting LSD into the public water supply is not a new one :-)
I think humans are sacks of chemicals to a much greater degree than most of LW believes. As a simple example, note that injections of testosterone into older men tend to change their personality quite a bit.
I don’t know if being less open to new experiences is purely a function of the underlying hardware, but it certainly is to a large extent a function of physiology, hormonal balance, etc.
I hope you realize you’re firmly in the “better living through chemistry” territory now.
The idea of putting LSD into the public water supply is not a new one :-)