This book explores the revolution in high performance driven by four accelerating forces: psychology, neurobiology, technology, and pharmacology. It delves into how trailblazers like Eric Schmidt, Elon Musk, Navy SEALs, and maverick scientists are harnessing rare and controversial states of consciousness to solve critical challenges and enhance their lives. The authors, Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal, spent four years investigating these leading edges, from Silicon Valley to the Navy SEALs, and present a provocative examination of what is possible and how to radically upgrade one's life.
In this groundbreaking book, Steven Kotler delves into the science of 'flow,' an optimal state of consciousness where individuals perform and feel their best. Drawing on over a decade of research and firsthand interviews with top action and adventure sports athletes like Laird Hamilton, Jeremy Jones, and Danny Way, Kotler explains how these athletes achieve the impossible through flow. The book bridges the gap between extreme sports and mainstream life, offering insights on how to radically accelerate performance in everyday activities. It is a exploration of profound possibility, examining what is achievable for human beings and where our limits lie.
This book investigates how the convergence of technologies such as AI, robotics, virtual reality, digital biology, and sensors with 3D printing, blockchain, and global gigabit networks will transform legacy industries and every aspect of our lives, including transportation, retail, education, health, entertainment, food, and finance. The authors provide a prescient look at the impending future, highlighting the potential for significant upheaval and wealth creation in the next decade.
In this book, Tor Nørretranders delves into the nature of consciousness, drawing on psychology, evolutionary biology, and information theory. He posits that consciousness represents only a small fraction of our ability to process information, with the brain filtering and simplifying vast amounts of sensory data to create a coherent, though incomplete, picture of the world. Nørretranders uses the metaphor of a computer user interface to describe how our conscious experience is akin to a simplified interface, while the actual processing occurs at a subconscious level. The book discusses the limitations of conscious information processing, the role of the subconscious in reducing information flow, and the implications of this 'user illusion' on our understanding of free will and human interaction[1][3][4].
Steven Kotler is the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective and one of the world’s leading experts on high performance. The New York Times bestselling author of Stealing Fireand The Rise of Superman, Kotler shows companies how to unlock their potential and level up their game like never before. On this episode, Steven decodes the science of flow—an optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best. We dig into the science of human performance, how to achieve flow, and what it all means for your own life.
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