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About the book
In an era of exponentially evolving AI, the most important “code” we must rewrite is our own. It is up to us for love to conquer fear—the only path that leads humanity to an Age of Abundance for All.
To navigate the convergence of AI, Quantum Computing, Robotics, and Brain-Computer Interfaces—the Superfecta—we must move beyond the Scarcity Mindset and embrace a new way of being:
Deprogram the Fear: Maintain sovereignty in a world of constant digital deluge.
Recognize the Lattice: Discover how ancient wisdom and “supercooperation” build abundance.
Join Team Humanity: Explore real-world models proving that when we align technology with love, we don’t just survive—we thrive.
From Prometheus to Ghostbusters, the classic rule was simple: never cross the streams. In Love Conquers Fear, technologist Brett Alexander Hurt shatters that rule, crossing the streams of science and spirituality, technology and consciousness, and data and human meaning. Together, these provide the essential grammar for our future—proving that the answer to our greatest challenges is already within us.
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Introduction
Chapter 1: Conquering Fear
Chapter 2: Abundance
Chapter 3: Geopolitics
Chapter 4: Climate Change
Chapter 5: Nuclear Weapons and Warfare
Chapter 6: Education
Chapter 7: Healthcare
Chapter 8: The Objectification of Women
Chapter 9: Capitalism
Chapter 10: Religion
Chapter 11: Risks
Chapter 12: What is Our Reality?
Chapter 13: The Inner Journey
New Models for Humanity – In the Arena
Conclusion
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Foreword by J.D. Messigner – author of 11 Days In May
Afterword by Mark Gober – author of An End to Upside Down Thinking
Author BIO & FAQ
Brett Alexander Hurt
Brett Hurtis a serial tech entrepreneur and investor. Most recently, he was the CEO and co-founder of data.world, the world’s leading data catalog platform, acquired by ServiceNow in 2025.
Previously, Brett founded Bazaarvoice ($1B IPO on NASDAQ) and Coremetrics, which was acquired by IBM for $300M.
Alongside his wife Debra, he co-leads Hurt Family Investments (HFI), backing more than 150 startups, 50+ venture funds, and a wide range of philanthropic initiatives.
Named Austin’s Best CEO (Legacy Award) and an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow, Brett has been building technology since the age of seven.
Love Conquers Fear is Brett’s new holding company—an expression of how he’s thinking about his highest utility over the next decade, and how he can influence the confluence of technology, consciousness, and courage to help humanity reach the Age of Abundance for All.
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The publication of the book is June 23, in honor of the solstice. The summer solstice is the longest day and shortest night of the year. Mystically, it's interpreted as Light overcoming darkness, consciousness reaching its fullest expression, and truth and clarity becoming visible. In many spiritual traditions, Light represents awareness, the soul, and the divine. The solstice marks the maximum outward expression of that Light, which is what all of us need over these next 10-15 years with our AI-fueled exponential-of-exponentials path.
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“A very important book that everyone should read”
John Mackey, co-founder of Whole Foods Market“With the scientific world converging on a post-materialist reality in which mind plays a powerful role in the emergence of physical reality, unification of science and spirituality provides a natural path forward to remove fear from our world. In this extraordinary book, Brett offers a focused, yet encyclopedic review of how humanity has arrived at our current state over thousands of years. The second half of Love Conquers Fear is devoted to a powerful vision of how to blend collective (Eastern) and individual (Western) cultural strengths to empower a heart-dominant humanity and achieve abundance for all. His deep knowledge of the Superfecta (AI, quantum computing, robotics and brain-computer interfaces) provides the engine to these extraordinary possibilities. This masterpiece should be required reading for all modern humans. Most highly recommended!”
Eben Alexander, MD, former Harvard Neurosurgeon and author of Proof of Heaven, The Map of Heaven, and Living in a Mindful Universe“Whatever your concerns or enthusiasms about AI, consciousness, or religion, this carefully researched and erudite book has something to offer you. Brett Hurt resists the pull toward certainty — toward applying yesterday’s answers to today’s and tomorrow’s questions — and the alternative he proposes is worth very serious attention: why choose fear when the alternative opens up a better world for all of us.”
Ellen Langer, Professor of Psychology at Harvard, “the mother of mindfulness”, and bestselling author of The Mindful Body and many other amazing books on the power of mindfulness“Love Conquers Fear is a masterpiece; and one that only Brett Hurt could have written. No one else on the planet could so authoritatively synthesize topics as seemingly unrelated as artificial intelligence, transcendent spirituality, material abundance, and human consciousness. Ideas are the most powerful forces in the universe, and this book has big ones on almost every page. I doubt that anyone can read this book and afterwards not see the world—and their place in it—differently.”
Byron Reese, bestselling author of The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity"Love Conquers Fear is a deeply researched and extremely thoughtful book with a critically important message: unless we continually struggle to realize our best values, the technological revolutions offering so much promise will instead do unnecessary harm. The book is a call to action. Shame on us if we don't hear it."
Jamie Metzl, bestselling Author of The AI Ten Commandments, Superconvergence, and Hacking Darwin“There is no business to be done on a dead planet and mass unemployment. Positive sum thinking must win over zero sum thinking. Love must win over fear. Love Conquers Fear is a must-read book from my friend Brett Hurt.”
Vishal Vasishth, Co-founder, Obvious Ventures"Brett Hurt makes a strong argument for humanity standing at a civilizational turning point - where rapidly advancing technologies could create an Age of Abundance, but he doesn't stop there. Throughout Love Conquers Fear, he weaves his deep experience as an entrepreneur and spiritual explorer to reveal how we should be thinking and acting as we enter this new age.”
Ben Greenfield, CEO & Founder of Ben Greenfield Life"As a fellow student of awareness, I'm very impressed with Love Conquers Fear and its call to action. Humanity needs this rallying cry and roadmap to make it to the Age of Abundance for All."
Tero Isokauppila, Founder of Four Sigmatic and best-selling author of Healing Adaptogens “At a time when the world is consumed by either AI-evangelists or AI doomerism, Love Conquers Fear offers a refreshing and vital paradigm shift. Brett Hurt understands that surviving the current civilizational 'bend in the river' we're in with AI and technology requires more than just better code; it requires an awakening, a consciousness we must embed into the decisions we're making daily. By challenging the materialist worldview and advocating for unity, Brett proves that our technological abundance must be guided by conscious awareness. This book is intelligent, thoughtful, and a triumph, proving that our highest frontier is not artificial intelligence, but human consciousness, spirituality, and the power of choice."
Sol Rashidi, CEO of ExecutiveAI, world's 1st Chief AI Officer, and bestselling author with 9 patents“Love Conquers Fear is a beautiful call to action, deeply researched, written in plain language. As AI emerges as the most powerful catalyst ever in humanity’s relentless march towards higher consciousness, Brett brings science and spirituality together to inspire us to move from fear toward wisdom. With soul and authenticity. This book is a light.”
Michael Zeisser, founder of FMZ Ventures"I believe now more than ever that raising human consciousness across our collective is by far the most leveraged thing we can do to realize our species' infinite potential, now all dramatically multiplied by AI. Love Conquers Fear is a rare work that bridges the worlds of technology and spirit with the drive of a serial entrepreneur and the heart of a genuine seeker. In this lifetime, I've never seen someone come so far so fast on their Truth-Seeking journey as Brett. The same rigor, passion, and heart he brought to his soul quest comes across throughout this book.
This book is a loving call to action for us as a species to overcome the shackles of fear and the illusion of separation and to boldly venture into our birthright: realizing our deepest, truest, infinite potential. This mirrors my own thesis for several years now — that what unites us is far greater than what is perceived to divide us."
Niraj Mehta, founder/Director, Coongie Research Institute and founder/CEO, Kilowatt Capital“Love Conquers Fear hit me with the force of a tsunami. It’s far more than a treatise on technology: it is a profound guide to reclaiming our souls in a world that feels increasingly fragmented. Reading this book did not just change my perspective on the future. It fundamentally altered my understanding of the very nature of reality.
Brett masterfully deconstructs the materialist illusion that has long kept us in a state of spiritual sleepwalking. He invites us to recognize that consciousness is not an accidental byproduct of biology. Instead, it is fundamental: the very substrate of the universe. This insight is a beacon of light in the current chaos. It reminds us that we are not merely data points in an algorithm but vital nodes in a cosmic lattice of interconnected love.
At this critical time in our history, AI is forcing us to ask the ultimate question: What does it mean to be human? Brett frames the ‘Superfecta’ of AI, quantum computing, robotics, and brain-computer interfaces not as tools of replacement but as mirrors of our own potential. He challenges us to move from Homo sapiens to "Homo techne", using our god-like technology to amplify our empathy and wisdom rather than our weapons.
This book is a manifesto for Team Humanity to pass its most crucial exam. It moved me to realize that the most important code we will ever rewrite is our own. For anyone feeling the disorientation of this awakening, Love Conquers Fear is the map you have been waiting for. It is time to let the heart finally conquer the head.”
Fernando Espuelas, CEO of Vera AI“Most AI books tell you what’s coming. Brett Hurt tells you who you need to become to meet it. That’s a harder and far more important question. As someone building AI agents that are transforming how healthcare works for millions of members, I know firsthand that the real obstacle isn’t the technology — it’s the fear embedded in every institution we’re trying to change. Brett names that fear with precision, traces it from the amygdala to the algorithm, and points toward the only force that has ever actually moved human systems forward: love expressed as courageous action. He calls it Team Humanity. I call it the only strategy worth building. This book will outlast the hype cycle.”
Ganesh Padmanabhan, Founder & CEO of Autonomize AI“Brett Hurt has said it so clearly and so loudly - LOVE CONQUERS FEAR! These words need to be echoing everywhere and one thing I love about this book is the deep exploration and a pure and sincere mandate to do just that! Another thing I love about this book and Brett's writing style is that I kept finding myself almost literally inside the pages. He has a keen way to deliver important messages, surrounded by fascinating supporting information. I not only found myself even more in love with conquering fear but more educated on the intuition that drives so many of us to a love filled existence. Together we can save humanity and when we look back at history, I believe this book has the potential to be an important artifact in that endeavor.”
Amos Lee Schwartzarb, CEO of Retrocause“This book is a reminder that building a more just and compassionate world is not idealistic. It is practical, necessary work. Whether someone runs a company, leads a team, or is simply trying to live with intention and integrity, this book offers a lens that feels both grounding and urgent.”
Elizabeth Faraut, Founder and CEO of LA LOOP