David Bach, MD, is a neuroscientist and Founder and President of The Platypus Institute, a New York City-based research and training institution focused on the question of how neuroscience can be practically applied to radically enhance cognitive functioning and the human experience.
Prior to founding The Platypus Institute, David was a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, management consultant, scientist, physician, and professional cellist.
As an entrepreneur, David founded and built three companies: Touchstone Health, Empyrean Benefit Solutions, and Leprechaun HCC Management.
Dr. Bach attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. His scientific training was at The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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Techonomy 17
“The idea that fake news on Facebook…influenced the election in any way, I think is a pretty crazy idea,” said Mark Zuckerberg onstage at Techonomy 2016. He has subsequently recanted.
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Techonomy 16
MANkind’s evolving relationship with tools and MACHINES is nothing new. But the speed at which we, and everything around us, are becoming more closely connected and NETWORKed is.
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Techonomy 15
Technology as scapegoat has driven fears since at least the industrial revolution. That is as true as ever today, with fears of privacy intrusion, our devices inducing inattention, withdrawal from human contact into screens, job-killing robots, and innumerable business models being destroyed.
