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Book American Biohacker

    Book Details:
  • Author : Russ Scala
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-12-22
  • ISBN : 9781981250226
  • Pages : 158 pages

Download or read book American Biohacker written by Russ Scala and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EVERY BODY HAS A STORY - AND YOUR BODY'S STORY IS MY LIFE'S WORK It's dangerous out there. I've measured life not in years, months, or even days...but a matter of hours, if I'm lucky, and sometimes only seconds zipped past me. The pressure. The stress. The gravity of near-impossible emergency situations pushing down on my shoulders...and I live for it! I take everyday people from the 11th hour between life and death, to thriving in a world they never knew possible. I develop personalized programs that work at the cellular level. Getting your cells working together, instead of being at war. And I'm with you every step of the way! American Biohacker is a no-holds-barred, no-punches-pulled look into our broken medical system and how most Americans are following the wrong advice. I've seen too many people choke on hope endlessly, and I won't leave you there. My experience working with athletes, war vets, and high-profile celebrities gave me the ability to recognize patterns hidden in chaos. Connecting the dots where others couldn't even begin to see any parallels became an intense rush, a challenge I sought out repeatedly. One variable can change your life, and most aren't willing to explore that. I do. When you pick up a copy of American Biohacker, you'll learn: Why some tests can be misleading - and how to take control of your results (hint: is your doctor really looking at the full picture? Find out!) The connection between insulin, mitochondria, and weight loss (no, you're not imagining things: there is a real connection and the weight loss industry hopes you'll never figure it out) How to stop muscle loss in its tracks - backed up by studying some of the top endurance athletes in the world The real cause of heart disease, and how to turn things around (is it any surprise that we've been lied to, given how profitable it is for "them" to do so?) How to help your current doctor work more effectively with your goals (at the end of the day, doctors are devoted to helping people; we just need to change a few things) The way hormones interact in your body, and how everyday people can use hormonal levels to best advantage This is not a book for the elite 1% already in peak shape. On the other hand, this isn't just for people needing a "Hail Mary" in the 11th hour before everything spirals out of control or good. Here's the bottom line: If you have a pulse, and want to keep feeling it, this book is for you. If you you're not ready to be six feet under just yet, this book is for you. If you're fed up with conflicting, clashing, and downright confusing answers, this book is for you. In American Biohacker, I share my story with you and bring you along for the ride of your life. If you dare to risk having your beliefs about conventional medicine turned upside down, shattered and ripped to shreds, this could be ground zero for you to take back control over your health. So, what are you waiting for? Get your copy now and let's do this.

Book Biohacker s Handbook

Download or read book Biohacker s Handbook written by Olli Sovijärvi, M.D. and published by Biohacker Center. This book was released on with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biohacking is all about optimizing human performance, health and well-being by utilizing science, technology and a deep understanding of human physiology and nutrition. Biohacker’s Handbook is the most anticipated health & wellness book of the decade. The authors – Olli Sovijärvi, M.D., technology expert Teemu Arina and nutrition expert Jaakko Halmetoja – upgrade the fundamentals of a balanced life: sleep, nutrition, exercise, work and the mind. What is the 20 % that will lead to 80 % of the results when it comes to optimal well-being? Biohacker’s Handbook takes the latest research into holistic health and turns it into practical and applicable information in a visual and readable format. With more than 1500 references and hundreds of images, Biohacker’s Handbook is “the missing manual of the human body” and an essential addition to the library, work desk, kitchen, gym, suitcase and bedroom of anyone with a genuine interest in optimal human performance, health and wellbeing. Pages: (572 in printed version) References: 1634 Edition: 1st Authors: Olli Sovijärvi, Teemu Arina, Jaakko Halmetoja Visual design, layout and illustrations: Lotta Viitaniemi

Book The Weaponizing of Biology

Download or read book The Weaponizing of Biology written by Marc E. Vargo and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on three forms of biological threat--bioterrorism, biocrime and biohacking--the author examines the history of biowarfare and terrorism. Groups drawn to biological aggression are discussed, along with the array of viruses, bacteria and toxins they might use in their attacks. The phenomenon of biocrime--biological aggression targeting individuals for personal rather than ideological reasons--is explored, along with the growing trend of biohacking. Part II presents case studies of bioterrorism and biocrime from the United States and Japan.

Book Biohacker s Magazine

Download or read book Biohacker s Magazine written by Biohacker's Magazine and published by Biohackers Magazine . This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world with so much information that is continually thrown at us, sometimes it’s tough to know what to accept as Truth and what to reject as false. So many things call for our attention that we can become mentally strained and exhausted by the end of the day. Because of this, we are susceptible to the coaxing idea of giving up our thinking, especially our critical thinking. We know we can’t think about every little thing and decision that crosses our mind throughout the day, so we have many of our thoughts on auto-pilot – which is fine, as this helps us from becoming absolutely drained by the end of our day. The problem arises when we let this auto-thinking expand beyond the everyday task level of thinking and decision-making. Out of comfort, we can allow ideas and words that flash before us throughout our daily lives, to merge into our inner brain’s reservoir without first weighing the information against our experiences and own inner knowledge of our understanding of the Truth. This is essential when we let others that generate ideas, thoughts, agendas, etc. think for ourselves because we simply feel too overloaded with the amount of information, we have to continually process that we give up our own free right to ponder something. It's quite scary when we think about the ramifications that can come of this, especially when the world today shows us that those that don’t think for themselves, are perfect subjects to a form of modern-day slavery to whatever ideas and reality the powers want to build up. This is why it's so important to take the time to invest in ourselves from the beginning and make learning, reading, and curiosity a habit. It takes time but the earlier we begin, the more time we save in the long run from having to put great time and attention into each thought that enters our mind and decide whether it fits with our values or not. We must be like children, constantly questioning the world and using our forged experiences to add to our answers and depth of self-knowledge. In the same manner, we must respectfully study and learn from all those who have gone before us and be open to learning about their ways and perspectives. Remember that knowledge is not solely subjective; it is also objective and is the understanding of a real, concrete thing under the aspect of a grasped meaning. We use our intellect to study and think rationally about things, which adds to our understanding of the truth about ourselves, our community, and our world. The choices that we make are dependent upon our will (whether good or bad), which is in turn dependent upon our understanding of the truth. Man is the only animal that can say “I eat, and I know that I eat. I am, and I know that I am. I think, and I know that I think.” To know, we must think critically about subjects that truly hold value. We must make the most of our intellect and discover new data from our experiments from biohacking to add to our knowledge in the search for the truth that propels all of us, humans, forward to the beat of Life’s constant drum. “If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth, only soft soap, and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.” - C.S. Lewis

Book Biohacker s Handbook

Download or read book Biohacker s Handbook written by Olli Sovijärvi, M.D. and published by Biohacker Center. This book was released on with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biohacking is all about optimizing human performance, health and well-being by utilizing science, technology and a deep understanding of human physiology and nutrition. Biohacker’s Handbook is the most anticipated health & wellness book of the decade. The authors – Olli Sovijärvi, M.D., technology expert Teemu Arina and nutrition expert Jaakko Halmetoja – upgrade the fundamentals of a balanced life: sleep, nutrition, exercise, work and the mind. What is the 20 % that will lead to 80 % of the results when it comes to optimal well-being? Biohacker’s Handbook takes the latest research into holistic health and turns it into practical and applicable information in a visual and readable format. With more than 1500 references and hundreds of images, Biohacker’s Handbook is “the missing manual of the human body” and an essential addition to the library, work desk, kitchen, gym, suitcase and bedroom of anyone with a genuine interest in optimal human performance, health and wellbeing. Pages: (572 in printed version) References: 1634 Edition: 1st Authors: Olli Sovijärvi, Teemu Arina, Jaakko Halmetoja Visual design, layout and illustrations: Lotta Viitaniemi

Book Biohacking  Bodies and Do It Yourself

Download or read book Biohacking Bodies and Do It Yourself written by Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From self-help books and nootropics, to self-tracking and home health tests, to the tinkering with technology and biological particles - biohacking brings biology, medicine, and the material foundation of life into the sphere of »do-it-yourself«. This trend has the potential to fundamentally change people's relationship with their bodies and biology but it also creates new cultural narratives of responsibility, authority, and differentiation. Covering a broad range of examples, this book explores practices and representations of biohacking in popular culture, discussing their ambiguous position between empowerment and requirement, promise and prescription.

Book The Five Forces That Change Everything

Download or read book The Five Forces That Change Everything written by Steven S. Hoffman and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Five Forces reveals how technology is unleashing forces that will forever alter our lives, politics, and society. Learn more about nanotechnology, transhumanism, the future of space exploration and colonization, super human computers, and so much more! Discover what lies in our future: How will humans change as we merge with our machines, embracing transhumanism? What happens when intelligent algorithms make all the decisions? Should we connect our brains directly to the Internet? And are we entering an age of simulated realities? The Five Forces takes you on a journey to see what the most brilliant minds of our age are dreaming up. Hoffman reveals how new scientific breakthroughs and business ventures are poised to reshape our lives and turn science fiction into fact. With scientists in Japan creating humanoid robots, Silicon Valley biohackers boosting their IQs, and Chinese labs developing human-monkey chimeras, Hoffman gives an inside look at the limits of what’s possible today and the impact these developments will have. Mass Connectivity What happens when brain chips connect our minds directly to the internet? Will we be able to boost our IQs, exchange memories, and communicate with our thoughts? Or will this turn into a nightmare, with corporations reading our minds, hackers overwriting our identities, and governments controlling our actions? Bio Convergence Now that we can decode the building blocks of life and create new lifeforms that never existed before, what comes next? Will we conquer disease, resurrect extinct species, develop superior plants and animals, create DNA-edited babies, and even spawn other intelligent beings? Human Expansionism Is it our manifest destiny to colonize Mars and extend the human race beyond the limits of our solar system? How will technologies like space travel, new materials, and nanotech transform our civilization and open up new horizons we never imagined possible? Deep Automation As our machines become capable enough to do every job better, faster, and cheaper, how will this affect society? Will we wind up delegating our most important decisions to data crunching algorithms? And does this mean our machines will end up running our economies, our corporations, and even our lives? Intelligence Explosion As soon as we create a superintelligence that far surpasses human capabilities, what will happen to us? Will we be able to control our machines, or will they eventually control us? Are we headed for a paradise of plenty, where our technology eliminates hunger, disease, poverty, and war? Or will this be the end of our reign as the rulers of the planet?

Book Contemporary American Fiction in the Embrace of the Digital Age

Download or read book Contemporary American Fiction in the Embrace of the Digital Age written by Beatrice Pire and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection aims to examine the relationship between American fiction and innovations that marked the first decades of the 21st century: the Internet, social media, smart objects and environments, artificial intelligence, nanotechnologies, genetic engineering and other biotechnologies, transhumanism. These technological innovations redefine the way we live in and imagine our world, interact with each other and understand the human being in his or her ever closer relationship to the machine a human being no longer, as in the past, cared for or repaired, but now enhanced or replaced. What about our artistic and cultural practices? Are these recent advances changing language and literature? How is fiction transformed by technological progress and what representations of progress can it oppose? Can fiction offer a critique of the new media and the upheavals they precipitate? How does the temporality of literature respond to a technical time subjected to the imperative of efficiency, where the present is a slave to the future? Do virtual worlds challenge the primacy of literary fiction as a privileged mode of escape from daily life? In a context where software can generate literary works, can the force of poetical advent still oppose algorithmic logics? What becomes of the body in a world in which its technical extensions increase the externalization of its cognitive functions in media artifacts and digital networks? In order to explore these questions, scholars here investigate the American fiction of Russell Banks, Don DeLillo, David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Lethem, Tao Lin, Richard Powers, Kenneth Goldsmith, Jennifer Egan or Jonathan Franzen as well as the Cyberpunk genre and the Neuronovel.

Book Biohacking  Bodies and Do It Yourself

Download or read book Biohacking Bodies and Do It Yourself written by Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From self-help books and nootropics, to self-tracking and home health tests, to the tinkering with technology and biological particles - biohacking brings biology, medicine, and the material foundation of life into the sphere of »do-it-yourself«. This trend has the potential to fundamentally change people's relationship with their bodies and biology but it also creates new cultural narratives of responsibility, authority, and differentiation. Covering a broad range of examples, this book explores practices and representations of biohacking in popular culture, discussing their ambiguous position between empowerment and requirement, promise and prescription.

Book Biohackers Magazine Issue 17

Download or read book Biohackers Magazine Issue 17 written by and published by Biohackers Magazine . This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When one experiences a new product, a new treatment, or a new idea, there’s little that compares to the feelings of excitement and hope that rush in, fueling one’s faith in the upright direction of humanity. I just recently attended the 8th Annual Biohacking Conference hosted by Dave Asprey in LA and like each biohacking event, I left feeling inspired to say the least. Everything I saw, every person I met, and every biohack I experienced, further fed my appetite to share these great ideas and practices with the world, a world hungering for the opposite approach of industrialized medicine. Now, of course, not every biohack is exactly 100% proven. Suffice it to say, there are many that are still in the process of collecting data from studies and clinical trials. However, those that have stood up to the modern pill-popping regimes and have adamantly supported their ideas on the foundations of strong scientific data, are truly examples to be held in high regard. I was impressed with the many products and companies at the conference that held a mission of dedicated service to fellow mankind. Yes, like in any startup industry, or even industry for that matter, there are those who are looking to push some falsehood to scheme people into buying their product or services. But as we know, the companies that rise to the top are those that stick to the cardinal virtues that make up all of us, Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance. The Biohacking Industry is outgrowing its mold and soon a new layer of enthusiasts will be added. This is something that should enthrall us, but it shouldn't permit us to lose sight of the foundational attributes that make and will continue to make us biohackers for the rest of our lives. Essentially, we are all after freedom - freedom from disease, freedom from injury, freedom from hysteria, and freedom from aging. Responsible Biohacking is perhaps the best way towards that freedom, and we must continually adjust our sails to catch the winds that stem from truth and service. That is what we at Biohackers Magazine strive towards - serving the community through the provision of information carefully discerned and attuned to the values of sincerity and science.

Book Biohacked

    Book Details:
  • Author : Brandon J. Weichert
  • Publisher : Encounter Books
  • Release : 2023-05-16
  • ISBN : 1641773235
  • Pages : 133 pages

Download or read book Biohacked written by Brandon J. Weichert and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When COVID-19 erupted from Wuhan, China under mysterious circumstances, the Communist Party of China covered up its existence for as long as possible. It is now apparent that there is more to COVID than what the authorities wish for us to know. Biohacked: China’s Race to Control Life details the decades-long pursuit by the Chinese Communists to dominate the biotechnology industry—to control the very building blocks of life on Earth—to further their political control at home and their supremacy abroad. More appalling than the egregious cover-up that China’s rulers engaged in with COVID-19 is the fact that Western scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and research labs have contributed to China’s rapid (and dangerous) growth in the biotech industry—so much so that China, not the United States, may become the seat of the biotechnology industry. The Chinese leadership believes that biotechnology is a critical industry for the Communist Party to achieve its “China Dream” of becoming the world’s dominant superpower by 2049. In China’s biotech sector, truly macabre practices are being developed, from ambitious cloning programs to the creation of potential pathogens that China’s military plans to use in “specific genetic attacks” against Beijing’s growing list of political enemies. To stop the threat, author Brandon J. Weichert proposes the world’s nations create a comprehensive set of treaties for regulating biotechnology research and development. Further, Weichert calls for Washington to slow the transfer of advanced biotechnology knowledge and funding from the United States to China using means like the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Unless an all-of-government (and society) approach is taken to curbing irresponsible biotech development in China, then another—deadlier—COVID-19-like pandemic could be at hand.

Book Law at the Frontiers of Biomedicine

Download or read book Law at the Frontiers of Biomedicine written by Shaun D Pattinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should judges and legislators address challenges arising at the frontiers of biomedicine? What if it became possible to edit the DNA of embryos for enhanced traits, gestate a fetus in an artificial womb, self-modify brain implants to provide new skills or bring a frozen human back to life? This book presents an innovative legal theory and applies it to future developments in biomedicine. This legal theory reconceptualises the role of legal officials in terms of moral principle and contextual constraints: 'contextual legal idealism'. It is applied by asking how a political leader or appeal court judge could address technological developments for which the current law of England and Wales would be ill-equipped to respond. The book's central thesis is that the regulation of human conduct requires moral reasoning directed to the context in which it operates. The link between abstract theory and practical application is articulated using future developments within four areas of biomedicine. Developments in heritable genome editing and cybernetic biohacking are addressed using Explanatory Notes to hypothetical UK Parliamentary Bills. Developments in ectogestation and cryonic reanimation are addressed using hypothetical appeal court judgments. The book will be of great interest to scholars and students of medical/health law, criminal law, bioethics, biolaw, legal theory and moral philosophy.

Book The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction  2 Volumes

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction 2 Volumes written by Patrick O'Donnell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 1607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh perspectives and eye-opening discussions of contemporary American fiction In The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction: 1980-2020, a team of distinguished scholars delivers a focused and in-depth collection of essays on some of the most significant and influential authors and literary subjects of the last four decades. Cutting-edge entries from established and new voices discuss subjects as varied as multiculturalism, contemporary regionalisms, realism after poststructuralism, indigenous narratives, globalism, and big data in the context of American fiction from the last 40 years. The Encyclopedia provides an overview of American fiction at the turn of the millennium as well as a vision of what may come. It perfectly balances analysis, summary, and critique for an illuminating treatment of the subject matter. This collection also includes: An exciting mix of established and emerging contributors from around the world discussing central and cutting-edge topics in American fiction studies Focused, critical explorations of authors and subjects of critical importance to American fiction Topics that reflect the energies and tendencies of contemporary American fiction from the forty years between 1980 and 2020 The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction: 1980-2020 is a must-have resource for undergraduate and graduate students of American literature, English, creative writing, and fiction studies. It will also earn a place in the libraries of scholars seeking an authoritative array of contributions on both established and newer authors of contemporary fiction.

Book Biomedical Defense Principles to Counter DNA Deep Hacking

Download or read book Biomedical Defense Principles to Counter DNA Deep Hacking written by Rocky Termanini and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2022-12-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biomedical Defense Principles to Counter DNA Deep Hacking presents readers with a comprehensive look at the emerging threat of DNA hacking. Dr. Rocky Termanini goes in-depth to uncover the erupting technology being developed by a new generation of savvy bio-hackers who have skills and expertise in biomedical engineering and bioinformatics. The book covers the use of tools such as CRISPR for malicious purposes, which has led agencies such as the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence to add gene editing to its annual list of threats posed by "weapons of mass destruction and proliferation." Readers will learn about the methods and possible effects of bio-hacking attacks, and, in turn the best methods of autonomic and cognitive defense strategies to detect, capture, analyze, and neutralize DNA bio-hacking attacks, including the versatile DNA symmetrical AI Cognitive Defense System (ACDS). DNA bio-hackers plan to destroy, distort and contaminate confidential, healthy DNA records and potentially create corrupted genes for erroneous diagnosis of illnesses, disease genesis and even wrong DNA fingerprinting for criminal forensics investigations. Presents a comprehensive reference for the fascinating emerging technology of DNA storage, the first book to present this level of detail and scope of coverage of this groundbreaking field Helps readers understand key concepts of how DNA works as an information storage system and how it can be applied as a new technology for data storage Provides readers with key technical understanding of technologies used to work with DNA data encoding, such as CRISPR, as well as emerging areas of application and ethical concern, such as smart cities, cybercrime, and cyber warfare Includes coverage of synthesizing DNA-encoded data, sequencing DNA-encoded data, and fusing DNA with Digital Immunity Ecosystem (DIE)

Book Radicals Chasing Utopia

Download or read book Radicals Chasing Utopia written by Jamie Bartlett and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's the hubris of every generation to think that they have arrived at the best way of living. But all the things we now take for granted, all the modern wisdoms we hold to be self-evident, were once derided as dangerous or foolish radical thinking." -- From the Prologue In Radicals Chasing Utopia, Jamie Bartlett, one of the world's leading thinkers on radical politics and technology, takes readers inside the strange and exciting worlds of the innovators, disrupters, idealists, and extremists who think we can do better-and believe they know how. Bartlett introduces us to some of the most influential movements today: techno-futurists questing for immortality, far-right groups seeking to close borders, militant environmentalists striving to save the planet by any means necessary, and psychedelic pioneers attempting to heal society with the help of powerful hallucinogens. The success of democratic societies hinges on our ability to listen to-and in some cases learn from-the radical movements in our midst. Their methods may be extreme, but in chasing utopia, these groups are challenging what is possible and previewing the world to come.

Book Synthetic Biology Handbook

Download or read book Synthetic Biology Handbook written by Darren N. Nesbeth and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Synthetic Biology Handbook explains the major goals of the field of synthetic biology and presents the technical details of the latest advances made in achieving those goals. Offering a comprehensive overview of the current areas of focus in synthetic biology, this handbook:Explores the standardisation of classic molecular bioscience approaches

Book How to Be Cross Eyed

Download or read book How to Be Cross Eyed written by Jonathan Roseland and published by Jonathan Roseland. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's that moment when you meet a new person and you can tell that they are just a bit disoriented by your weirdness. You feel that familiar little pang of embarrassment and shame because you know how weird you must look to them. You're physically imperfect. So am I. I know that moment as well as you do… But you don't have to be cross eyed (or have a conspicuous physical imperfection) to enjoy this book. Really thriving requires an uncommon set of barely legal biohacking tools, social dynamics strategies from the fringes of polite society and rapid mindset transformation technologies which this lifehacking manifesto delves deeply into. This book is especially for that one or two percent of the population that have a glaring physical defect. Which I fall into. I'm cross-eyed with Strabismus, if you're reading this, perhaps you are too. There's certainly people out there with more conspicuous physical imperfections, who have it worse than I do. However, the eyes are the window to the soul, they really are a part of nearly every important human interaction. Not having normal eyes has been a disadvantage that I've needed to develop a specific set of skills and life strategies to overcome. I was talking to my lovely fiancée about this book and she asked me if the purpose of the book was to help the self esteem of people with physical imperfections. Not really. This book is more about the lifehacks that I've employed over the past 10 years; strategies, methods and tools that really work to help you overcome the challenge of a physical imperfection and thrive. These things will likely improve your self esteem, but they will also work if you have low self esteem, or no self esteem (or too much self esteem - as I'm sometimes accused of having!) Self esteem is not my focus. My focus is on things that work. This is not your typical self help book… I've had a pretty interesting life; I've seduced a politician's daughter in Medellin, Colombia, I hung out with spies in Kiev, Ukraine. I've almost died underwater twice, I participated in a bank robbery and I lost my virginity to a spy (yes, really!) From having sex in a brand new Maserati and getting in high speed car chases to being deported from South American countries and representing the US Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump I've found the happiness that I didn't give a damn about and realized my dream of becoming an adventuring philosopher. I'm not a theorist in the business of making generalizations. The tactics and tools presented here are for rigorous practitioners, ethical hedonists and open minded self experimenters. I may sound like quite the pompous pontificator but I'll offer no apologies because story telling is the best way to impart the unconventional mindset that saved me from mediocrity and the biohacks that enabled me to defy my selfish genes. If you're bored of the tired problem>generalization>platitude>strategy formula that most self help books follow you'll enjoy this memoir of adventures, failures and unexpected successes across three continents. I'll share with you some powerful tools for transformation - biohacking, smart drugs, flowstate, red pill mindset and tantric sex - with which I've managed to pack several lifetimes' worth of peak experiences into a single decade.