StealingFire_HowSiliconValley,theNavySEA.epub

Dedication To Julie, Lucas, and Emma, sine qua non. J.W. To William James, you got there first. S.K. Contents 1. Cover 2. Title Page 3. Dedication 5. Introduction 6. Part One: The Case for Ecstasis 1. Chapter One: What Is This Fire? 2. Chapter Two: Why It Matters 3. Chapter Three: Why We Missed It 7. Part Two: The Four Forces of Ecstasis 1. Chapter Four: Psychology 2. Chapter Five: Neurobiology 3. Chapter Six: Pharmacology 4. Chapter Seven: Technology 8. Part Three: The Road to Eleusis 1. Chapter Eight: Catch a Fire 2. Chapter Nine: Burning Down the House 3. Chapter Ten: Hedonic Engineering 9. Conclusion 10. Author’s Note 11. Acknowledgments 12. A Quick Note on Inside Baseball 13. Notes 14. Index 15. About the Authors 16. Also by Steven Kotler 17. Copyright 18. About the Publisher Introduction The Never-Ending Story S ome revolutions begin with a gunshot, others with a party. This one kicked off 1 on a Friday night in downtown Athens, in 415 BCE. Alcibiades, a prominent Greek general 2 and politician, had invited a small circle of friends to his villa for what was to become one of the more infamous bacchanals in history. ......