"catalyzing contemplative development with technology" - winslow strong (co-founder/cto,...
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N OV E M B E R 1 4 -1 6
M O U N TA I N V I E W, C A
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Catalyzing Contemplative Development with Technology
Winslow Strong
Hyperwellbeing 2016.11.15
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Technology empowers us
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and overwhelms us
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Can ancient practices be...
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...medicine for modernity?
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My Path: Grad school → Burnout → Meditation → QS
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Wearable Tech
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More ǂ better
Meaningful benefits to healthy people?
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Back to meditation...but augmented!
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Mind and Life Institute, 2004. Brandmeyer & Delorme. "Meditation and neurofeedback." Frontiers in psychology 4 (2013)
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Mindfulness has reached millions, but what is the ultimate goal?
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Awakening
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Current Approaches Focus Exclusively on Basic Meditation
Disease States “Normal”
Perf
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Wel
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Basic Meditation Open FlowAdvanced Meditation
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…Leaving Millions of Consumers Seeking Solutions
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Our Approach
TARGETED NEUROSCIENCE
CUTTING-EDGETECHNOLOGY
Leverage recent advances
in understanding
neuro-correlates of
advanced meditation
High density EEG
tomography with
source localization
methods, i.e. 3D
imaging.
+
High-end, scalable
product/service unlock
deeper benefits of
meditation
HIGH-IMPACT SOLUTION
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One-size fits all or personalization?
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Personalization in BCI
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What’s possible? We don’t yet know● Spiritual traditions show us the potential of human development.● Can we reduce decades of meditation training to e.g. ~1 hr / day for 1 year?● Aggressive interventions to actively change the brain’s function? Lasting?
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It’s time to upgrade humanity’s OS
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Or else...
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