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003			OCoLC
005			20180722224320.0
008			160602s2017 nyu b 000 0 eng d
020			_a0062429655 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9780062429650 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9780062429667 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)951070260
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049			_aNFGA
092			_a154.4 _bK87
100	1		_aKotler, Steven, _d1967- _eauthor. _9204726
245	1	0	_aStealing fire : _bhow Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALS, and maverick scientists are revolutionizing the way we live and work / _cSteven Kotler & Jamie Wheal.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bDey St., an imprint of William Morrow, _c[2017]
300			_aix, 293 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-276) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction. 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 -- 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 ; There is a crack in everything -- Conclusion. Row your boat or fly your boat? ; An afterthought -- A quick note on inside baseball.
520			_aThe 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.--
650		0	_aAltered states of consciousness. _919885
650		0	_aPsychology _vPopular works. _919886
650		0	_aPharmacology _vPopular works. _919887
650		0	_aTechnology _vPopular works. _919888
650		0	_aNeurobiology _vPopular works. _919889
700	1		_aWheal, Jamie, _eauthor. _919890
942			_2ddc _cBOOK