We Are as Gods - (Exponential Technology) by Peter H Diamandis & Steven Kotler (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance, Bold, and The Future Is Faster Than You Think comes a bold exploration of what it means to stay human in a world where technology has granted us godlike power.

In 1968, Stewart Brand declared: "We are as gods--and we might as well get good at it." Half a century later, that prophecy has come true.

We can rewrite genes, edit embryos, build artificial minds, extend life, and terraform worlds. The old miracles--omniscience, omnipresence, even resurrection--are becoming standard operating procedure. But the real question isn't whether humanity can play god. It's whether we can do it wisely.

In We Are as Gods: A Survival Guide for the Age of Abundance, Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler--bestselling authors of Abundance and Bold--return with a sweeping exploration of our species' next great transformation. Blending hard science with vivid storytelling, they chart humanity's ascent from scarcity to superabundance--and the psychological, ethical, and existential challenges that come with it.

Across breakthroughs in AI, robotics, genetics, longevity, and consciousness research, they reveal a paradox at the heart of progress: as our external power expands, our inner resilience must evolve to match. Abundance without meaning leads to collapse. Intelligence without wisdom leads to extinction. To thrive in a world of everything, everywhere, all the time, we must learn to wield our godlike powers with humility, creativity, and flow.

Equal parts warning and invitation, We Are as Gods is a map for flourishing in the exponential century. Because the future won't be built by those who fear what's coming, but by those who know how to turn chaos into creation.

Abundance is here. Are you ready?

Review Quotes

"Provocative and bracing, a forecast of a limitless future...brisk prose, punchy rhetoric, and thought-provoking charts mapping global trends make this a lively and worthwhile journey through human-AI co-creation." --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Peter H. Diamandis (Diamandis.com) is a New York Times bestselling author and founder of over twenty-five companies in the areas of AI, health-tech, space, venture capital, and education. He is cofounder of Singularity University and curator of Abundance360. He serves as cofounder of two $500 million-plus venture funds: BOLD Capital Partners focused on health and longevity, and Link-XPV focused on AI. He is the founder and Executive Chairman of XPRIZE which has launched $550 million of incentive prizes driving $10 billion in research and development. In the field of longevity, Dr. Diamandis is cofounder and chairman of Fountain Life. He has degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from MIT and an MD from Harvard Medical School. He has been named by Fortune magazine as one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders. His Moonshots podcast focuses on AI and other exponential technologies, routinely exceeding 1 million listeners per episode.

Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and the founder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective, the world's leading neuroscience-based peak performance research and training organization. The author of fifteen books--including The Art of Impossible, Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, and Gnar Country--his work has earned three Pulitzer Prize nominations, been translated into more than eighty languages, and appeared in over one hundred publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Wired, Time, and Harvard Business Review.