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...older citizens regard youth, health and prosperity as ecstasy, while our prosperous, healthy youth resort to a pill to achieve it." ED TROSTER Smyrna, Tenn...
Jeff Bridges got zapped into it in TRON. Keanu Reeves reached it by means of a red pill in The Matrix. In Neal Stephenson's novel Snow Crash--a cult classic in Silicon Valley--our hero, Hiro Protagonist, goes there wearing goggles and a pair of virtual-reality gloves. It's where I expect to be spending my evenings in the twilight of my life, without ever leaving the comfort of my sofa. And--who knows?--maybe I'll meet you there...
...that practice, practice, practice part that most people would just as soon forget. In a quick-fix culture, what I was looking for was some kind of memory pill, a once-a-day dose that would do my mind sharpening for me. To hear some people tell it, those potions may already be out there...
...memory-pill lineup is ginkgo biloba, the dried leaf of the maidenhair tree, thought to improve circulation and, in theory, memory. While ginkgo is still considered an alternative medication, it has caused such a stir and gained such a following that even so button-down a company as Bayer, better known for aspirin, has begun marketing the stuff...
Forewarned, I nonetheless decided to sample a couple of the memory nostrums, starting with ginkgo. The package warned that in addition to any other potential problems, ginkgo can cause "mild gastrointestinal discomfort." After just one pill, I discovered that the package was--how best to put this?--not kidding. It's hard to say if my memory improved in the little time I was on ginkgo, but I can say I had no trouble at all remembering to eat a bland diet for several days afterward. Vitamin E had similarly little impact on my memory. Those antioxidants may be able...