
About this episode
The world created in Last Tango is based very closely on our world about five years from now, and all technology in the book either exists in labs or is rumoured to exist.
With its electrifying sentences, subtle humour, and an intriguing main character, readers are sure to find something that resonates with them in this groundbreaking cyberpunk science fiction thriller.
We welcome award-winning journalist, executive director of the flow research collective, world-leading expert on high performance, multiple New York Times bestselling author, and author of “Last Tango in Cyberspace” Steven Kotler
We talk:
The future of our culture
The fracturing of society
Innovation
Flow
Peak Performance
Purpose and Vision
Habits and Attention
Evolutionary Biology
The origins of Empathy
Autism
Reinvention and regeneration
Walking logic bombs with hyper logical minds, the Mentat
Species die-off rates
More about Steven here: www.stevenkotler.com
Steven mentioned this Forbes article during the show: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenkotler/2015/03/27/the-passion-recipe-four-steps-to-total-fulfillment/#74d9b2f86bb4
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