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The idea of a "perfected" human moving beyond the limits of natural biology.
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Everything changed on a rain-slicked sidewalk when Eddie ran into Vernon, his ex-brother-in-law and a former drug dealer. Vernon looked different—sharp, polished, and radiating a predatory kind of confidence. He offered Eddie a transparent pill called NZT-48. It was a "clear pill," a pharmaceutical grade nootropic that promised to unlock the dormant 80 percent of the human brain. subtitle Limitless.2011.1080p.720p.BluRay.x264....
Eddie Spinola was a man drowning in the gray static of a life half-lived. A struggling writer in New York City, he was haunted by a looming book deadline he hadn't even started and a girlfriend who had finally grown tired of his stagnation. His apartment was a graveyard of empty takeout boxes and unwashed laundry—a physical manifestation of his cluttered, unproductive mind. The idea of a "perfected" human moving beyond
The ethical and physical consequences of "hacking" the human brain. Eddie Spinola was a man drowning in the
Months later, Carl Van Loon visited Eddie, who was now running for the United States Senate. Van Loon attempted to blackmail him, revealing he had shuttered the lab producing NZT. Eddie looked at him with a calm, terrifyingly clear gaze. He revealed that he had used his intellect to bypass the side effects and refine the formula. He was no longer "on" the pill; he had integrated the change into his very biology.
How much of one's soul is traded for absolute success?