#287: The New Frontier of Flow

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show, Steven Kotler shares what ecstasis is and why it improves performance in sports, business, and even military combat. He then goes on to describe the four accelerating forces in science that allow individuals to hack into ecstasis more easily, including things like mind-altering drugs and zapping your brain with electricity. Pretty crazy stuff. We end the show discussing how average Joes can get into ecstasis as well as the ethical implications of these new technologies. Are we bringing in a brave new world here, literally? If you want a glimpse of what's coming into the world of performance enhancement in the next 20 years, you're not going to want to miss this show.

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0:00.0	Here we go.
0:15.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the art of manliness podcast.
0:18.3	So a few years ago I had writer Stephen Collar on the show to talk about his book The
0:21.8	Rise of Superman.
0:23.8	Which is all about the science of flow.
0:25.6	state of being fully immersed in the energy and enjoyment of an activity.
0:30.4	Since then, Stephen has worked with high-level performance athletes, tech CEOs, and even
0:34.3	Navy SEALs as part of his Flow Genome project.
0:37.3	An organization dedicated to helping individuals tap into flow states using the latest psychological
0:41.9	research and technology.
0:43.8	And after rubbing shoulders with these various elite performers, Stephen learned that there's
0:47.2	an underground movement of individuals who aren't just looking to flow to improve performance,
0:51.5	but also to seek a state that Stephen calls ecstasis.
0:56.0	His latest book shares the research behind this performance enhancing mental state and
0:59.3	the extreme measures some folks are going to to get into it.
1:02.8	It's called Stealing Fire, How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientist,
1:07.4	a revolutionizing the way we live and work.
1:10.6	Today on the show, Stephen shares what ecstasis is and why it improves performance in sports,
1:15.4	business, and even in military combat.
1:18.4	He then goes on to describe the four accelerating forces and signs that are allowed individuals
1:22.1	to hack into ecstasis state more easily.
1:25.4	And these include things like mind-altering drugs and zapping your brain with electricity.
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