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STEALING FIRE - STEVEN KOTLER JAMIE WHEAL GEBUNDEN

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 shortcut. 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.

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