About

Hey y'all, I'm Dave

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Meet Dr. David Braun—a cognitive neuroscientist, data scientist, and longtime meditator with a knack for making complexity feel grounded. With 11+ years of research behind him, David’s worked at the intersection of spontaneous thought, cognitive control, decision making, and epidemiology, using tools like R, Python, EEG, and computational and predictive modeling to unpack the messiness of the human mind. Whether it’s through code, conversation, or contemplation, David’s all about meaningful work that helps people—and doing it from a quiet spot in the woods, if he can help it.

Values include kindness, patience, thoughtfulness, humility, curiosity, and the belief that striving to make the world better is best paired with cultivating a sense of contentment with how things already are.