New York Times, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, Discover bestselling author Steven Kotler has written extensively about those pivotal moments when science fiction became science fact…and fundamentally reshaped the world. Now he gathers the best of his best, updated and expanded upon, to guide readers on a mind-bending tour of the far frontier, and how these advances are radically transforming our lives. From the ways science and technology are fundamentally altering our bodies and our world (the world’s first bionic soldier, the future of evolution) to those explosive collisions between science and culture (life extension and bioweapons), we’re crossing moral and ethical lines we’ve never faced before.
As Kotler writes, “Life is tricky sport—and that's the emotional core of this story, the real reason we can’t put Pandora back in the box. When you strip everything else away, technology is nothing more than the promise of an easier tomorrow. It’s the promise of hope. And how do you stop hope ”
Join Kotler in this fascinating exploration of our incredible next: a deep dive into those future technologies happening now—and what it means to be a part of this brave new world.
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Its difficult to think of a writer more invigorating and tuned-in than Kotler. Tommorrowland is like taking a shot of caffeine. It allows you to see into the future and to realize that youre already there. David Eagleman, New York Times bestselling author of Incognito
Steven Kotler finds the bubbling edge where techno-exuberance hauls the impossible into the realm of the real. A thrilling and important read! Howard Bloom, author of The Lucifer Principle and Global Brain
| The Future Is Here: An Introduction |
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Part One The Future In Here |
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Bionic Man: The World's First Bionic Man |
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The Genius Who Sticks Around Forever: The Science of Mind Uploading |
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Extreme States: The Biology of Spirituality |
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33 | (16) |
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Evolution's Next Stage: The Future of Evolution |
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Vision Quest: The World's First Artificial Vision Implant |
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Part Two The Future Out There |
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Reengineering the Everglades: The World's First Terraforming Project |
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Buckaroo Banzai: The Arrival of Flying Cars |
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Meltdown or Mother Lode: The Possibilities of Nuclear Energy |
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107 | (18) |
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Space Diving: The Future of Sport |
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125 | (6) |
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Building a Better Mosquito: The Worlds First Genetically Engineered Creature |
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131 | (10) |
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The Great Galactic Gold Rush: The Birth of the Asteroid Mining Industry |
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Part Three The Future Uncertain |
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The Psychedelic Renaissance: The Radical World of Psychedelic Medicine |
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155 | (28) |
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Sympathy for the Devil: The Troubled Science of Life Extension |
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183 | (18) |
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The Final Frontier: The Politics of Stem Cells |
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201 | (18) |
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Hacking the President's DNA: The Consequences of Playing God |
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The God of Sperm: The Controversial Future of Birth |
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247 | (18) |
| Acknowledgments |
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Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the cofounder and director of research for the Flow Genome Project. His books include Bold, The Rise of Superman, Abundance, A Small Furry, Prayer, West of Jesus, and The Angle Quickest for Flight. His work has been translated into over forty languages and has appeared in over eighty publications, including the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Wired, Forbes, and TIME. He also writes Far Frontiers, a blog about the intersection of science and culture, for Forbes.com. Kotler lives in northern New Mexico with his wife and too many dogs.
