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When refusing brain enhancement feels like falling behind

Everyone in my graduate program has cognitive enhancement implants and I refuse to get one on principle but my grades are suffering and I do not know if I am being brave or just stupid.

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You are discovering that standing by your principles sometimes requires accepting practical consequences.

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