if modafinil were legal, it would become expected, and everything would be harder to match the increased ability of humans to be productive.
I tend to agree that this is a silly argument, especially given that it can be applied to coffee as much as to modafinil, so we better ban coffee, lest those allergic to it be at a disadvantage.
Yvain says in his posts' comments that coffee doesn't work, as tolerance builds up. This seems disputed.
But why not ban coffee? Because, like alcohol, it's now too ingrained in our culture. But if it wasn't - preventing headaches, irritability, concentration troubles, and the expectation that everyone can pull all-nighters? Fuck yes.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.