CTC x Galen Buckwalter
Galen Buckwalter has been an intellectually peripatetic research psychologist for over 35 years. #estrogen replacement therapy in dementia, steroid hormones and the brain, eHarmony, financial stress, resilience at scale, predictive processing, neuronaut. The last was made possible by an adolescent spinal cord injury and his subsequent life as a tetraplegic. In January 2024, he was implanted with six Utah arrays in various brain regions. The effects on his conscious experience from having his neuronal signals transformed into digital technologies and the impacts of external stimulation of neuronal firings in different brain regions will be described; discussion to ensue.
🗒️ [These sessions are not recorded to preserve the ephemeral freeform magic that's been core to this group. Also, we hope to respect confidentiality of ideas not yet ready to be shared widely and encourage provocative insights and inquiry. So we recommend in person participation if you can. But happy to accommodate Zoom participants, too! Just register and we'll share Zoom link].
Who are we?: We are a multidisciplinary group of experts and enthusiasts from neuroscience, Brain Computer Interface (BCI), Human Computer Interaction design (HCI), psychotherapy, arts, somatic healing, ancient wisdom practices and related fields interested in building a holistic Wellbeing Economy.
We've been gathering since March 2023 to explore our shared concerns and curiosities about the impact of a new wave of emerging technologies on human well-being.
We believe in and want to advocate for a future where Technology and Capital support human and planetary flourishing. Not the other way around. Conscious tech means 1. raising individual and collective consciousness towards mindful love and compassion (e.g. mental health tech, tech for wisdom) and 2. Craft technology with mindful conscious intentions (e.g. calm tech, ambient computing)
We define rising consciousness as the (re)connection to ourselves, each other, and to our planet.
Our 3 pillars of action are:
1. Focused Research
2. Thought leadership (publications) / Movement building (events)
3. Product Incubation
Join us!