To appreciate what makes the first successful placebo-controlled study of a meditation app so special, we must first understand the general sentiment towards mobile healthcare (“mHealth”) in 2015, when Mobio Interactive was founded. Bluntly put, mHealth was not accepted as “real” medicine for mental health (it largely still isn’t). This…

It was five years after the Wright brothers’ now legendary flight in 1903, when the general public finally took notice. There is nothing unique or even surprising about this lag. Technological progress is rarely as climactic as our history lessons claim, and rarely as romantic as animated on film. The…

In three previous stories, I summarised what Ray Dalio’s book Principles attempts to achieve, reviewed the concepts that resonated most strongly with me, and argued that emphasis on personality profiling within companies is misplaced, and besides, carries clear risks for the employee, organisation and society that are often overlooked, minimised…

After publishing two other Medium stories on Ray Dalio’s book Principles — the first summarising the book’s contents and aim, and the second delving into its most salient contemplations — it’s now time to get a little more critical. In particular, I’d like to challenge Dalio’s reliance on and recommendation…

This overview of Principles’s most salient concepts describes everything you need to know about Dalio’s meritocracy manual, if you aim to contribute to a successful organisation (as, in one way or another, I hope we all do). Previously, I provided a terse overview of the book and its author. This…

In my quest to transition from Principal Investigator neuroscientist to CEO neuroscientist, I have been guided by the frank criticism and advice of numerous mentors. Naturally, book recommendations have arisen, including billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio’s meritocracy manual, Principles. After reading a couple of books on the goal-setting framework…

It’s early morning at RebelBio, the SOSV biotech accelerator nested in the basement of a futuristic glass tower at Imperial College London. Soon I’ll be given a tour of the facilities by its Associate Director, but in the meantime I’m chilling on a semicircular blue cotton couch in a surprisingly…

Right now, people all over the world are sharing insights on their mental wellbeing through the clinically-validated app, Am Mindfulness (or simply “Am”). Am may be the world’s most rigorously examined mindfulness app and this clinical validity helps it stand out in a crowded “digital mindfulness” marketplace. …