After attending Orange High School in Cleveland, Ohio, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1989 with degrees in English and creative writing.
[citation needed] Kotler’s books and articles often deal with the intersection of science and culture, and make frequent and extended use of academic work, particularly in the areas of neuroscience, evolutionary theory, ethology, psychopharmacology and psychology.
He has written seven nonfiction books — Stealing Fire, Tomorrowland, Bold, The Rise of Superman, Abundance, A Small Furry Prayer and West of Jesus — and two novels, The Angle Quickest for Flight and Last Tango in Cyberspace.
[6] Kotler's experience with Rancho de Chihuahua inspired his 2010 book, A Small Furry Prayer: Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life.
[1] The authors argue progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, infinite computing, ubiquitous broadband networks, digital manufacturing, nanomaterials, synthetic biology, and many other growing technologies will enable the human race to make greater gains in the following two decades than in the previous two hundred years.
[20] Kotler, alongside Jamie Wheal, co-authored Stealing Fire, which brings to light a trillion-dollar economy that has gone unnoticed and unnamed for centuries.