As I wrote in wake up drivers, Provigil has recently been approved by the FDA for use by shift workers. Given the amount of caffeine university professors, bloggers and others are consuming, perhaps the FDA should consider extending it's use further. Brad Delong posts the milligrams of caffeine he and a few other professors drink each day:

Brad DeLong, professor of economics, UC Berkeley: TOTAL: 373.25 mg
Philippe Bourgois, professor of medical anthropology, UCSF TOTAL: 310 mg
Daniel A. Mendelsohn, frequent lecturer in classics, Princeton: TOTAL: 1,419 mg
John E. Sexton, president of New York University:TOTAL: 919 mg

While not everyone desires the neurotransmitter boost that caffeine provides, it is clear that many of us continue to search for a neurocompetitive advantage. So while I wait for more effective cogniceuticals to be developed, I guess I'll just head down to Cafe XO for my morning dose.