CTC x Connor McCormick

​Connor McCormick is a prior founder of a machine learning and computer vision hardware company. He has a background in computer science and economics. He believes that there are only three problems for humanity to solve this generation; namely collective intelligence, externality pricing, and wealth inequality. He's founded the Network Goods Institute to experiment with concrete & pragmatic solutions to these problems.

​This week, we will be looking at a promising public goods funding mechanism called index wallets which could be used for funding AI safety, brain computer interfaces, and basic scientific research, as well as local public goods. In addition to discussing the mechanism set we will potentially play a mixed reality game we created to test the mechanism

​[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!