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Stealing fire: how Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALS, and maverick scientists are revolutionizing the way we live and work
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From the Book - First edition.
Introduction. The never-ending story ; Accidental Prometheans
Part one: The case for ecstasis
What is this fire?. The switch ; The high cost of Ninja assassins ; Google goes fishing ; Hacking ecstasis ; The mind gym ; The altered states economy
Why it matters. The ambassador of ecstasis ; Selflessness ; Timelessness ; Effortlessness ; Richness ; Wicked solutions to wicked problems
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
Part two: The four forces of ecstasis
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
Neurobiology. Outside the jar ; I can't feel my face ; The AI shrink ; Precognition is here (but you knew that already) ; The birth of neurotheology ; OS to UI
Pharmacology. Everybody must get stoned ; The Johnny Appleseed of psychedelics ; This is your brain on drugs ; The hyperspace lexicon ; The molecules of desire
Technology. Dean's dark secret ; Things that go boom in the night ; The digital shaman ; Enlightenment engineering ; The flow dojo
Part three: The road to eleusis
Catch a fire. The sandbox of the future ; When the levee breaks ; Disrupting the brahmins ; High times of Main Street ; Nothing new under the sun
Burning down the house. The atomic donkey ; He who controls the switch ; Spooks to kooks ; Soma, delicious soma! ; Ecstasy wants to be free
Edonic 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 ; There is a crack in everything
Conclusion. Row your boat or fly your boat? ; An afterthought
A quick note on inside baseball.
From the Book
Introduction. The never-ending story ; Accidental Prometheans
Part one: The case for ecstasis
What is this fire?. The switch ; The high cost of Ninja assassins ; Google goes fishing ; Hacking ecstasis ; The mind gym ; The altered states economy
Why it matters. The ambassador of ecstasis ; Selflessness ; Timelessness ; Effortlessness ; Richness ; Wicked solutions to wicked problems
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
Part two: The four forces of ecstasis
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
Neurobiology. Outside the jar ; I can't feel my face ; The AI shrink ; Precognition is here (but you knew that already) ; The birth of neurotheology ; OS to UI
Pharmacology. Everybody must get stoned ; The Johnny Appleseed of psychedelics ; This is your brain on drugs ; The hyperspace lexicon ; The molecules of desire
Technology. Dean's dark secret ; Things that go boom in the night ; The digital shaman ; Enlightenment engineering ; The flow dojo
Part three: The road to eleusis
Catch a fire. The sandbox of the future ; When the levee breaks ; Disrupting the brahmins ; High times of Main Street ; Nothing new under the sun
Burning down the house. The atomic donkey ; He who controls the switch ; Spooks to kooks ; Soma, delicious soma! ; Ecstasy wants to be free
Edonic 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 ; There is a crack in everything
Conclusion. Row your boat or fly your boat? ; An afterthought
A quick note on inside baseball.
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Wheal, Jamie author
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9780062429667
9780062429650
9780062429650
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