5. Era of the Brain Economy Has Arrived

In this episode, Paweł Świeboda talks to Dr. Harris Eyre, Lead of the Brain Capital Alliance, a public-private partnership arguing that transformational approaches are needed in today’s health systems and the economy. Given the ongoing technological acceleration, changing demographics and geoeconomics, it is brain capital that can make a difference in driving systemic preparedness, meeting modern societal challenges and driving innovation. In brain capital, the premium is put on brain skills and brain health, including individual’s cognitive, emotional, and social brain resources. Harris has worked as a physician, scientist, entrepreneur, author, new economic and finance thinker and neuroscience diplomat. Among numerous different roles, he is a Senior Fellow at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at the Rice University, and the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute. The conversation covers the origin and the meaning of brain capital; ways of placing the concept at the center of economics, policy, finance and technology; the Brain Capital Industrial and Innovation strategy; efforts to quantify and track brain capital with an open knowledge platform - the Brain Capital Dashboard focused on brain capital drivers, brain health and brain skills; and the role brain capital could play in the post-SDG agenda. #neurocentury #brain #braincapital #brainhealth ________________ neurocentury.com Music for the NeuroCentury podcast is composed by Rafał Kulczycki