From: jmeritt@rod.mitre.org (Jim Meritt)
Subject: Optiman
Originator: jmeritt@rod.mitre.org
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:42:57 GMT

From the book _Man_into_Superman_ by Ettinger:

superman - someone with more than human potential for success.  "success"
refers to survival and security, and possibly dominion, along with the learning
growth and development that make these possible, with such subjective criteria
as comfort and joy...  The factors in personnel success:  energy, talent, 
and luck.
............

And a summary of the literature they give the following observations:

Ethical aspects of superman have often been stressed and the types described
usually fall into one of two classes:
	the SOCIAL superman who is a paragon of altruistic virtue
	the AMORAL superman, who is generally pictured as cold and calculating.

Intellectual qualities are primarily limited to memory and capabilities of
computation.

Emotional aspects are infrequently investigated, except for the common trait of
pride or arrogance; when they are, an emphasis on warmth and empathy is
sometimes shown, mopre often coolness and serenity.

Emergent traits, those which are characteristically superhuman, are often 
fantasies of the paranormal, esp, and "psi" powers.

Development of superman is usually through biological evolution, natual or
technologically assisted.

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	This seemed to be a not-unreasonable stepping off point.  So I took
the various subcategories and tried to organize them by how they fit into
this catagorization.  So what follows is an index of referencies.  First,
the "general" references (overall, physical, mental).  Then, subcatagories
suggested by the definition above.  They are in no order, this just happens to
be the order I found them and wrote them down.

I. OVERALL:
	Man into Superman - Ettinger
	The Morning of the Magicians - Paunels & Gergier
	Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life - Farmer
	Archilles Choice - Niver & Barnes
	Dune (series) - Herbert  (note: include Dune Encyclopedia by McNelly)

II. PHYSICAL
	The DESTROYER Series - Murphy & Sapir
	various references on ninja & sulsa
	Be Your Own Personal TRainer - Garret
	Peak Performance - Garfield
	Whole Body Fitness
	Maximum Sports Performance - Fixx
	Total Fitness - Morehouse
	Maximum Performance - Gross
	Building a Better Body
	Consumers Guide to a Flatter Stomach - Kintzieman
	The Ultimate Athlete - Lesnede
	Keeping Fit - Reader's Digest
	Yoga for You - Bragelon
	Yoga for Physical Fitness - Coster
	Fitness Guide for the Weekend Athlete - Rosenthal
	The Total Athlete - Ilg
	Grandmaster - Murphy

III. MENTAL:
	Your Maximum Mind - Benson
	Brain Power - Allbrecht
	Build Your Brain Power - Winter & Winter
	Brainpower - Yepsen
	How to be Twice as Smart - Wilt
	the NULL-A Series by Van Vogt
	Wake Up Your Mind - Osborn
	How to Write, Speak and Think more efficiently - Flesch
	New Think - Bono
	Faster Reading Self Taught - Shefler
	Powers of the Mind - Smith
	The Time Trap - Mackenzie
	How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life - Laken
	Organize Yourself - Reader's Digest
	MegaBrain - Hutchinson
	How to Increase Your Intelligence - Weiger
	How to Win Friends and Influence People - Carnigie
	Total Mind Power - Wilson
	60 seconds to Mind Expansion - Cook & Davitz
	Make the Most of Your Mind - Touzan
	20 Minutes a Day to a more Powerful Intelligence - Dale
	The Art of Thinking - Dimnet
	Getting Things Done - Bliss
	Getting More For Your MOney - Phallon
	Lateral Thinking - Edward & Bono
	Science and Sanity - Korzybski
	Gulf - Heinlein
	Prometheus Rising - Wilson
	Character Analysis - Reich
	The Mythical Man-Month
	The Structure of Magic - Bandler & Grinder
	Neuro-Linguistic Programming - Dilts, Grinder, Bandler, Delorier

IV. SURVIVAL:
	Secrets of Life Extension - Mann
	The Immortality Factor - Segerberg
	Prolongivity - Rosenfeld
	Live Longer Now - Leonard, Hofer & Pritikin
	Rejuvenation - Trimmer
	No More Dying - Kurtramm & Garden
	Nutrition Against Disease - Williams
	The Survival Book - Nesbitt, Pond & Allen
	Sea Survival - Robertson
	The Save-Your-Life Defense Handbook - Braun

V. Dominion:
	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Covey
	Top Performer - Ziglar
	Success! - Korida
	How to get the Upper Hand - Charell
	Winning Through Intimidation - Ringer
	Playing the Game - Blank
	The Young Executives - Guzard
	Office Politics - Kennedy
	Powerbase - Kennedy
	Power! - Kennedy
	Getting Your Goals - McGarvey

VI. ENERGY:
	How to Triple Your Energy - Haimes & Tyson
	Energy - Hayden
	Sleep Less, Live More - Mathew
	Energistics - Crabbes

VII. MEMORY:
	Remembering People - Lorayn
	How to Develop a Super-Power Memory - Lorayn
	SuperLearning - Ostrader & Schroeder
	The Memory Book - Lorayn & Lucas
	Total Recall - Minnigel
	The Silva Mind Control Method - Silva
	How to Improve Your Memory - Barnes & Noble
	Pass Any Subject - Lorayn
	Speed Learning - Super Recall - Belliston & Mayfield
	How to Study - Maddox
	How to Increase your Memory Power - Brown

VIII. COMPUTATION:
	Math Secrets - Philips
	Mathematics for Pleasure - Jacoby
	Short Cut Math
	The Decision Makers Handbook - Cornell
	Trachtenberg Speed System of Arithmetic
	The Great Mental Calculators

IX. EMOTIONAL:
	Transdental Meditation - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
	Dianetics - Hubbard
	Zen and the Martial Arts - Hayams
	Meditation - Smith
	The Highest State of Consciousness - White
	Type A Behaviour and Your Heart - Friedman & Roseman
	I'm OK- You're OK - Harris
	Cosmic Consciousness - Burke
	A Sociable God - Wilbur

X. EMERGENT TRAITS:
	Magic and Mystery in Tibet - David-Neel
	How to make ESP Work for You - Sherman
	The Mystic Sciences - Waite
	Mind-Search - Nicholas & Regush
	Magic: An Occult Primer - Conway
	The Secrets of Kahuna Magic - Steiger
	Telecult Power - Dubin
	The Search For Psychic Power - Hammond
	Secrets of Mental Magic - Howard
	Secret Mental Powers - Young
	Your Innate Psychic Powers - Buens
	How to Use ESP - Laure & Steiger
	Psychic Energy - Weed
	Master Guide to Psychism - Boswell
	The Power of Psychic Awareness - Brown

XI. PHYSICAL STRENGTH:
	Body Building and Self Defense - Callun
	Weightlifting and Weight Training - Kieley
	Training with Weights - Sports Illustrated
	Body Building - Ravelle
	Muscle Building for Beginners - Fallen & Sanders
	Isometrics - Wittenbers
	Gold's Gym Book of Strength Training for Athletics - Sprage
	Weight TRaining: A Scientific Approach - Stone & Obryant

XII. PHYSICAL ENDURANCE:
	The Complete Book of Running - Fixx
	The Runner's Handbook - Bloom
	Long Distance Runner's Guide to Training and Racing - Sperks/Bjorklund
	The Runner's Handbook - Glover & Shepard
	Beyond Jogging - Spino
	Jogging, Aerobics and Diet - Royald
	The New Aerobics - Cooper

	What I would appreciate is any comments, additions, recommendations
or such.


Thank you.

James W. Meritt:  m23364@mwunix.mitre.org - or - jmeritt@rod.mitre.org
The opinions above are mine.  If anyone else wants to share them, fine.
They may say so if they wish. The facts "belong" to noone and simply are.
-- 
James W. Meritt:  m23364@mwunix.mitre.org - or - jmeritt@rod.mitre.org
The opinions above are mine.  If anyone else wants to share them, fine.
They may say so if they wish. The facts "belong" to noone and simply are.
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