Ruben Laukkonen
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Ruben Laukkonen
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Ruben is the director of the Flourishing Intelligence Program (FLIP) at Linacre College, University of Oxford. Ruben is also co-director of the Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, a Senior Researcher within Oxford's Department of Psychiatry, and fellow at Linacre College. Ruben has made significant theoretical and empirical contributions to the cognitive neuroscience of consciousness, meditation, and insight. His work also reveals a pathway towards better and safer artificial intelligence based on the science of consciousness and contemplative wisdom. His work has been featured widely, including The New York Times, TIME, Scientific American, TEDx, Vice, ABC, Aeon, VOX, New Scientist, and in the Nature collection. Ruben’s research is supported by major grants from the Medical Research Future Fund, The Peregrine Foundation, and philanthropic donations from the Cillo family. Ruben has an eclectic contemplative background, including Zen, Advaita, and Theravada, and his interviews and writings have attracted millions of views.
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