Stealing Fire
by Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal · first published 2017
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on “Annual survey of book recommendations” ↗> Studying and treating the brain by developing methods to alter conscious states is, I think, going to be a major achievement of the 21st century There's a great book called "Stealing Fire" by Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal about this very subject.
on “CIA Doc on Time Travel, Consciousness, and Existence of the Absolute (1983) [pdf]” ↗This recent interview [1] with Jamie Wheal, co-author of Stealing Fire [2] is worth watching if you're interested in this topic. He's observed the psychedelic "revolution" in recent years, and has both positive and negative things to say about it, but on the whole he's…
on “A Psychedelic Renaissance” ↗…think it was some kind of amphetamine, for a couple of days and the others went surfing for a couple of weeks with roughly the same positive effect on their PTSD. If you want to know more, I read it in "Stealing Fire" by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal.
on “Ask HN: I don't want to be a founder anymore” ↗…with the impetus, the outcome might not provide the satisfaction one anticipated, or worse. As for the so-called 'elite' demographic, I will simply say : "Not for lack of trying". (there is this book : "Stealing Fire" [1]). On ancient methods of improvement, it's crucial to note the difference between (super)wisdom and (super)intelligence. But that's a conversation for another time. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Fire-Maverick-Scientists-Rev...
on “Ask HN: Why aren't we investigating other methods of superintelligence?” ↗…best so please ignore my errors... I read a bunch of the books on the list the most interesting to me that I have not read for now are: - The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change - Stealing Fire - Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought - The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future Has anybody here on HN read those? Are these any…
on “Annual survey of book recommendations” ↗Actually a lot (or at least a not insignificant amount) of MICs are burners according to the book Stealing Fire
on “Google helps Pentagon analyze military drone footage” ↗