Stealing fire : how Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALS, and maverick scientists are revolutionizing the way we live and work
Kotler, Steven, 1967-2017
Books, Manuscripts
The author Steven Kotler and high-performance expert Jamie Wheal spent four years investigating how Silicon Valley executives, the Navy SEALS, and maverick scientists are harnessing rare and controversial states of consciousness to solve critical challenges and outperform the competition.--
Main title:
Stealing fire : how Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALS, and maverick scientists are revolutionizing the way we live and work / Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal.
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, 2017.
Collation:
ix, 293 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-276) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: The Never-Ending Story -- Accidental Prometheans -- pt. ONE THE CASE FOR ECSTASIS -- ch. One What Is This Fire? -- The Switch -- The High Cost of Ninja Assassins -- Google Goes Fishing -- Hacking Ecstasis -- The Mind Gym -- The Altered States Economy -- ch. Two Why It Matters -- The Ambassador of Ecstasis -- Selflessness -- Timelessness -- Effortlessness -- Richness -- Wicked Solutions to Wicked Problems -- ch. Three Why We Missed It -- Beyond the Pale -- The Pale of the Church -- The Pale of the Body -- The Pale of the State -- Pipers, Cults, and Commies -- pt. TWO THE FOUR FORCES OF ECSTASIS -- ch. Four Psychology -- Translating Transformation -- The Bell Tolles for Thee -- Mad Men -- Taking the Kink Out of Kinky -- Good for What Ails You -- Altered States to Altered Traits -- ch. Five Neurobiology -- Outside the Jar -- I Can't Feel My Face -- The Al Shrink -- Precognition Is Here (But You Knew That Already) -- The Birth of Neurotheology --Contents note continued: OS to UI -- ch. Six Pharmacology -- Everybody Must Get Stoned -- The Johnny Appleseed of Psychedelics -- This Is Your Brain on Drugs -- The Hyperspace Lexicon -- The Molecules of Desire -- ch. Seven Technology -- Dean's Dark Secret -- Things That Go Boom in the Night -- The Digital Shaman -- Enlightenment Engineering -- The Flow Dojo -- pt. THREE THE ROAD TO ELEUSIS -- ch. Eight Catch a Fire -- The Sandbox of the Future -- When the Levee Breaks -- Disrupting the Brahmins -- High Times on Main Street -- Nothing New Under the Sun -- ch. Nine Burning Down the House -- The Atomic Donkey -- He Who Controls the Switch -- Spooks to Kooks -- Soma, Delicious Soma! -- Ecstasy Wants to Be Free -- ch. Ten Hedonic Engineering -- "Known Issues" of STER -- Selflessness: It's Not About You -- Timelessness: It's Not About Now -- Effortlessness: Don't Be a Bliss Junkie -- Richness: Don't Dive Too Deep -- The Ecstasis Equation -- Hedonic Calendaring --Contents note continued: There Is a Crack in Everything -- Conclusion -- Row Your Boat or Fly Your Boat? -- An Afterthought.
ISBN:
9780062429667 (paperback)
Dewey class:
154.4
Language:
English
BRN:
348319
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| St Marys | Nonfiction | 154.4 STE | Available |