Adam Shell: Macrodosing turns lights on while microdosing walks users toward them
Adam Shell · One Turns the Lights On. The Other Walks You Toward Them. · Jun 3, 2025 · at 16:43
Adam Shell, founder of Brain Supreme, articulates a mental model contrasting the acute revelations of macrodosing with the daily integration of microdosing.
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“Used in conjunction is probably the most powerful, but that's kind of how you would delineate the two. One turns the lights on, the other just gently walks you towards the light every day.”
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