Peter H. Diamandis

Steven Kotler

A contrarian assessment of the near future explains how rapidly growing technologies and other powerful forces will be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of all people, profiling the revolutionary work of leading innovators in such areas as energy, health care and education. 50,000 first printing.

The Future Is Better Than You Think

Abundance

Jamie Wheal

NATIONAL BESTSELLER CNBC and Strategy + Business Best Business Book of 2017 “A mind-blowing tour along the path from sex and drugs to R&D.” - Financial Times It’s the biggest revolution you’ve never heard of, and it’s hiding in plain sight. Over the past decade, Silicon Valley executives like Eric Schmidt and Elon Musk, Special Operators like the Navy SEALs and the Green Berets, and maverick scientists like Sasha Shulgin and Amy Cuddy have turned everything we thought we knew about high performance upside down. Instead of grit, better habits, or 10,000 hours, these trailblazers have found a surprising short cut. They're harnessing rare and controversial states of consciousness to solve critical challenges and outperform the competition. New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler and high performance expert Jamie Wheal spent four years investigating the leading edges of this revolution—from the home of SEAL Team Six to the Googleplex, the Burning Man festival, Richard Branson’s Necker Island, Red Bull’s training center, Nike’s innovation team, and the United Nations’ Headquarters. And what they learned was stunning: In their own ways, with differing languages, techniques, and applications, every one of these groups has been quietly seeking the same thing: the boost in information and inspiration that altered states provide. Today, this revolution is spreading to the mainstream, fueling a trillion dollar underground economy and forcing us to rethink how we can all lead richer, more productive, more satisfying lives. Driven by four accelerating forces—psychology, neurobiology, technology and pharmacology—we are gaining access to and insights about some of the most contested and misunderstood terrain in history. Stealing Fire is a provocative examination of what’s actually possible; a guidebook for anyone who wants to radically upgrade their life.

How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work

Stealing Fire

Offers readers a how-to guide for harnessing the power of exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create wealth while also positively impacting the lives of billions.

How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World

Bold

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance and Bold comes a practical playbook for technological convergence in our modern era. In their book Abundance, bestselling authors and futurists Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler tackled grand global challenges, such as poverty, hunger, and energy. Then, in Bold, they chronicled the use of exponential technologies that allowed the emergence of powerful new entrepreneurs. Now the bestselling authors are back with The Future Is Faster Than You Think, a blueprint for how our world will change in response to the next ten years of rapid technological disruption. Technology is accelerating far more quickly than anyone could have imagined. During the next decade, we will experience more upheaval and create more wealth than we have in the past hundred years. In this gripping and insightful roadmap to our near future, Diamandis and Kotler investigate how wave after wave of exponentially accelerating technologies will impact both our daily lives and society as a whole. What happens as AI, robotics, virtual reality, digital biology, and sensors crash into 3D printing, blockchain, and global gigabit networks? How will these convergences transform today’s legacy industries? What will happen to the way we raise our kids, govern our nations, and care for our planet? Diamandis, a space-entrepreneur-turned-innovation-pioneer, and Kotler, bestselling author and peak performance expert, probe the science of technological convergence and how it will reinvent every part of our lives—transportation, retail, advertising, education, health, entertainment, food, and finance—taking humanity into uncharted territories and reimagining the world as we know it. As indispensable as it is gripping, The Future Is Faster Than You Think provides a prescient look at our impending future.

How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives

The Future Is Faster Than You Think

Using years of research and interviews with adventure sports athletes, the New York Times best-selling author of Abundance and A Small, Fury Prayer attempts to unlock the secrets to ultimate human performance and the state of consciousness called “flow." 25,000 first printing.

Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance

The Rise of Superman

Bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us. What does it take to accomplish the impossible? What does it take to shatter our limitations, exceed our expectations, and turn our biggest dreams into our most recent achievements? We are capable of so much more than we know—that’s the message at the core of The Art of Impossible. Building upon cutting-edge neuroscience and over twenty years of research, bestselling author, peak performance expert and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, Steven Kotler lays out a blueprint for extreme performance improvement. If you want to aim high, here is the playbook to make it happen! Inspirational and aspirational, pragmatic and accessible, The Art of Impossible is a life-changing experience disguised as a how-to manual for peak performance that anyone can use to shoot for the stars . . . space-suit, not included.

A Peak Performance Primer

The Art of Impossible

The Flow Genome Project director and award-winning author of The Rise of Superman charts the world-changing transformation of fictional scientific concepts into real-world technologies. Original. 10,000 first printing.

Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact

Tomorrowland

New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler crafts a near-future thriller about the evolution of empathy. Hard to say when the human species fractured exactly. Harder to say when this new talent arrived. But Lion Zorn is the first of his kind—an empathy tracker, an emotional soothsayer, with a felt sense for the future of the we. In simpler terms, he can spot cultural shifts and trends before they happen. It’s a useful skill for a certain kind of company. Arctic Pharmaceuticals is that kind of company. But when a routine em-tracking job leads to the discovery of a gruesome murder, Lion finds himself neck-deep in a world of eco-assassins, soul hackers and consciousness terrorists. But what the man really needs is a nap. A unique blend of cutting-edge technology and traditional cyberpunk, Last Tango in Cyberspace explores hot topics like psychology, neuroscience, technology, as well as ecological and animal rights issues. The world created in Last Tango is based very closely on our world about five years from now, and all technology in the book either exists in labs or is rumored to exist. With its electrifying sentences, subtle humor, and an intriguing main character, readers are sure to find something that resonates with them in this groundbreaking cyberpunk science fiction thriller.

A Novel

Last Tango in Cyberspace

Devil's Dictionary

Peter Diamandis

Desde los orígenes de la humanidad, unos pocos privilegiados han vivido en marcado contraste con la mayoría, muy pobre. La opinión más común es que la distancia que separa a unos de otros es imposible de superar. Sin embargo la distancia se está estrechando...y rápido. En Abundancia, el empresario del espacio convertido en pionero de la innovación, Peter H. Diamandis y el galardonado escritor de temas científicos Steven Kotler documentan cómo el progreso en inteligencia artificial, robótica, computación infinita, redes de banda ancha, manufactura digital, nanomateriales, biología sintética y muchas otras tecnologías que están creciendo exponencialmente nos permitirán obtener en las próximas dos décadas unos avances muy superiores a los que hemos conseguido en los doscientos años anteriores. Pronto tendremos la capacidad de alcanzar y superar las necesidades básicas de cada hombre, mujer y niño del planeta. La abundancia para todos está a nuestro alcance. En este apasionante antídoto contra el pesimismo imperante, los autores exploran cómo cuatro fuerzas emergentes -las tecnologías exponenciales, el innovador "hazlo tú mismo", los tecnofilántropos y los mil millones emergentes- están conspirando para resolver nuestros mayores problemas.

El futuro es mejor de lo que piensas

Abundancia

The New York Times bestselling author and human performance expert tests his knowledge and theories on his own aging body in a quest to become an expert skier at age fifty-three. Gnar: adjective, short for “gnarly,” def: any environment or situation that is high in perceived risk and high in actual risk. Country: noun, def: any defined territory, landscape or terrain, fictitious or real. Cutting-edge discoveries in embodied cognition, flow science, and network neuroscience have revolutionized how we think about peak performance aging. On paper, these discoveries should allow older athletes to progress in supposedly “impossible” activities like park skiing (think: jumps and tricks.) To see if theory worked in practice, Kotler conducted his own ass-on-the-line experiment in applied neuroscience and later-in-life skill acquisition: He tried to teach an old dog some new tricks. Recently, top pros have been performing well past a previously considered prime: World-class athletes such as Kelly Slater, the greatest surfer of all time, is winning competitions in his fifties; Tom Brady can beat players half his age. But what about the rest of us? Steven Kotler has been studying human performance for thirty years, and taught hundreds of thousands of people at all skill levels, age groups, and walks of life, how to achieve peak performance. Could his own advice work for him? Gnar Country is the chronicle of his experience pushing his own aging body past preconceived limits. It’s a book about goals and grit and progression. It’s an antidote for weariness that is inspiring, practical, and, often hilarious. It is about growing old and staying rad. It’s a feverish reading experience that makes you put down the book, get out there, and move. Whether hurtling down a mountain side, running your first 10K race, or taking your career to new heights, Kotler challenges us to test ourselves, surpass our limits, and achieve our own impossible, whatever it might be. Part personal journey, part science experiment, part how-to guide, Kotler takes us on his punk rock, high-velocity joy-ride for a better life in spite—and often in defiance of—the perceived limitations of the aging human body.

Growing Old, Staying Rad

Gnar Country

Shares the author's spiritual quest in the wake of a devastating bout with Lyme disease, detailing his surfing odyssey around the world in search of a mysterious legend about a mythical surfer who can control the weather.

surfing, science, and the origins of belief

West of Jesus

Neuroscience, Flow, and the Upper Possibility Space of Human Experience

Mapping Cloud Nine

Proporcionar abundância é o maior desafio da humanidade. Este livro trata de como vencer esse desafio. Desde os primórdios da humanidade, alguns poucos privilegiados vivem de modo que contrasta demais com o da maioria das pessoas. A sabedoria convencional diz que essa disparidade não pode ser anulada. Mas ela vem sendo anulada – e rapidamente. Em Abundância, Peter H. Diamandis, empreendedor que se tornou um inovador pioneiro, e Steven Kotler, premiado escritor de ciências, documentam como o progresso nas áreas de inteligência artificial, robótica, computação innita, redes de banda larga, manufatura digital, nanomateriais, biologia sintética e muitas tecnologias de crescimento exponencial permitirão que tenhamos, nas próximas duas décadas, ganhos maiores que os dos dois últimos séculos. Logo poderemos suprir todas as necessidades de cada homem, mulher e criança do planeta. A abundância universal está ao nosso alcance. Dividindo as necessidades humanas por categoria – água, alimento, energia, saúde, educação, liberdade –, Diamandis e Kotler apresentam dúzias de inovações e empreendedores que têm dado passos largos em cada área: Dean Kamen e sua tecnologia Slingshot, que transforma água poluída ou salgada, e até mesmo esgoto, em água potável de alta qualidade por menos de um centavo por litro; o Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE, que promete um equipamento médico portátil, de baixo custo, para que as pessoas possam se autodiagnosticar melhor que uma junta de doutores diplomados; as "plantações verticais" de Dickson Despommier, que substituem a agricultura tradicional por um sistema que usa 80% menos de área cultivada, 90% menos de água, 100% menos pesticidas e custo zero de transporte. Os autores também oferecem um detalhado capítulo de referência contendo grácos e tabelas com dados que sustentam suas conclusões. Nesse incrível antídoto contra o pessimismo atual, os autores exploram como quatro forças emergentes – tecnologias exponenciais, inovadores que seguem a filosofia faça-você-mesmo, tecnolantropos e o bilhão ascendente – conspiram para resolver nossos maiores problemas. Diamandis e Kotler examinam o impacto dessas forças ao mesmo tempo em que estabelecem alvos para a realização de mudanças, desenham um mapa estratégico para guiar governos, indústrias e empreendedores, e nos dão muitas razões para sermos otimistas.

O futuro é melhor do que você imagina

Abundância

A look at the cult and culture of the dog-rescue movement in America based on the personal experience of the owners of Rancho de Chihuahua dog sanctuary in New Mexico.

Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life

A Small Furry Prayer

Ivo Korytowski

Desde os primórdios da humanidade, alguns poucos privilegiados vivem de modo que contrasta com o da maioria das pessoas. A sabedoria convencional diz que essa disparidade não pode ser anulada. Mas ela vem sendo anulada – e rapidamente. Abundância - o futuro é melhor do que você imagina documenta como o progresso nas áreas de inteligência artificial, robótica, manufatura digital, nanomateriais, biologia sintética e muitas outras tecnologias de crescimento exponencial permitirão que tenhamos, nas próximas duas décadas, ganhos maiores que os dos dois últimos séculos. Logo poderemos suprir todas as necessidades de cada homem, mulher e criança do planeta. A abundância universal está ao nosso alcance. Os autores apresentam dúzias de inovações e empreendedores que têm dado passos largos em cada área: Dean Kamen e sua tecnologia Slingshot, que transforma água poluída ou salgada, e até mesmo esgoto, em água potável de alta qualidade por menos de um centavo por litro; o Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE, que promete um equipamento médico portátil, de baixo custo, para que as pessoas possam se autodiagnosticar melhor que uma junta de doutores diplomados. Há ainda as “fazendas verticais” de Dickson Despommier, que substituem a agricultura tradicional por um sistema que usa 80% menos de área cultivada, 90% menos de água, 100% menos pesticidas e custo zero de transporte. Nesse incrível antídoto contra o pessimismo atual, os autores exploram como quatro forças emergentes – tecnologias exponenciais, inovadores que seguem a filosofia faça-você-mesmo, tecnofilantropos e o bilhão ascendente – conspiram para resolver os maiores problemas da humanidade. O livro é um antídoto contra o pessimismo atual.

It's the biggest revolution you've never heard of, and it's hiding in plain sight. Over the past decade, Silicon Valley executives like Eric Schmidt and Elon Musk, Special Operators like the Navy SEALs and the Green Berets, and maverick scientists like Sasha Shulgin and Amy Cuddy have turned everything we thought we knew about high performance upside down. Instead of grit, better habits, or 10,000 hours, these trailblazers have found a surprising short cut. They're harnessing rare and controversial states of consciousness to solve critical challenges and outperform the competition. New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler and high performance expert Jamie Wheal spent four years investigating the leading edges of this revolution--from the home of SEAL Team Six to the Googleplex, the Burning Man festival, Richard Branson's Necker Island, Red Bull's training center, Nike's innovation team, and the United Nations' Headquarters. And what they learned was stunning: In their own ways, with differing languages, techniques, and applications, every one of these groups has been quietly seeking the same thing: the boost in information and inspiration that altered states provide. Today, this revolution is spreading to the mainstream, fueling a trillion dollar underground economy and forcing us to rethink how we can all lead richer, more productive, more satisfying lives. Driven by four accelerating forces--psychology, neurobiology, technology and pharmacology--we are gaining access to and insights about some of the most contested and misunderstood terrain in history. Stealing Fire is a provocative examination of what's actually possible; a guidebook for anyone who wants to radically upgrade their life.

Robar El Fuego

Descubre cómo los estados alterados de conciencia pueden mejorar tu vida. En este libro rompedor, Steven Kotler, autor reconocido en la lista de superventas de The New York Times, y Jamie Wheal, experto de prestigio mundial en rendimiento máximo y liderazgo, se basan en investigaciones de vanguardia y reportajes de primera mano para explorar qué es lo hace que algunas personas tengan un desempeño y un rendimiento excepcionales y qué podemos aprender de ellas. ¿Por qué acuden más figuras del mundo empresarial y altos ejecutivos a retiros de meditación ahora que en la década de 1970? ¿Puede una droga como el éxtasis ser utilizada para tratar a pacientes con traumas? Resulta que los estados alterados pueden agudizar nuestra capacidad de tomar decisiones y resolver problemas, liberar nuestra creatividad e impulsar la colaboración creativa. Tendiendo un puente entre los extremos y la sociedad en general, Robar el fuego explica cómo la principal fuerza de élite de la Armada estadounidense, los trabajadores de Google y los multimillonarios de Silicon Valley están utilizando los estados alterados (la mayoría no son inducidos por drogas) para promover de manera radical el rendimiento y estimular la felicidad. En esencia, este es un libro sobre posibilidades profundas; sobre lo que es realmente posible para nuestra especie; y sobre dónde están nuestros límites (en caso de que estén en alguna parte).

Cómo las grandes empresas de Silicon Valley, los ejércitos y los científicos inconformistas están revolucionando la forma en la que vivimos y trabajamos mediante los estados alterados de conciencia

Robar el fuego

In The Angle Quickest for Flight, a quintet of eccentric metaphysicians searches for a sacred book looted during the Spanish Inquisition and tithed to the Vatican. Steven Kotler’s first novel, which received acclaim from masters such as John Barth, moves with dizzying power across continents and epochs, weaving a multilayered narrative around secret societies, mad magicians, and a runaway boy named Angel.

The Angle Quickest for Flight

The must-read summary of Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler's book: "Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World". This complete summary of the ideas from Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler's book "Bold" shows that nowadays anybody can get involved in the technology industry and make money from it; they just need to have a bold mindset. The authors explain that the key to success is to become an exponential entrpreneur; that is, to harness the growing power of exponential technologies most effectively. By using these new technologies, such as robots or nanotechnology, you can make a real difference to the world as well as reaping your own benefits. This summary tells you all you need to know about becoming an exponential entrepreneur and using new technology to your advantage. Added-value of this summary: • Save time • Understand key concepts • Develop your business knowledge To learn more, read "Bold" and start getting the most out of exponential technologies.

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