In the twenty-seventh episode of The Idealists (formerly Grit & Grace), Melissa talks to Dr. Vivienne Ming. Frequently featured for her research and inventions in The Financial Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Quartz, and the New York Times, Vivienne is a theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and author. She co-founded Socos Labs, her fifth company, an independent institute exploring the future of human potential. In this episode, we discuss her exciting work around working memory and human potential alongside the phenomenal life path that set her on this journey.

“So, (Google) could take search histories and identify, ‘Wow, this person might well be experiencing diabetes or early evidence of bipolar disorder.’ Based on movement patterns from Android phones, they were able to predict early onset of Parkinsons from subtle shifts in how people walk. But then unfortunately they came to the conclusion they couldn’t do anything about it because there’s no upside. They don’t know that someone has diabetes, they just have evidence that it’s more likely that they do.”

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