ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human Potential

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ReeThink the System. ReeWire the Future.In an age of digital immersion and algorithmic pressure, your most valuable asset is your attention span. As the line between biological and digital intelligence blurs, the ReeThink Podcast explores how to protect and expand human potential. Hosted by Rudi Adigbli, this is the "Mental Gym" for the modern era. We bridge the gap between neuroscience research and the neurotech innovations reshaping our world.Why ReeThink? The old paradigm of the brain as an "isolated island" is dead. We are witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime shift: from the "AI Pressure Cooker" forcing education reform to the discovery that movement is neuromodulation for the Central Nervous System (CNS). The old rules of human performance no longer apply. We don't just talk about change; we decode the cognitive science behind it.Each episode features deep-dives with PhDs, neuroscientists, and tech pioneers to provide a biological and technological "Software Update" for your life and business. What We Explore:Neuroscience Research: How the brain evolved to navigate 3D environments and why the cubicle is a biological "stagnation trap". Neurotech & Innovation: The intersection of neurotechnology, VR, and AI to enhance our human expierence.Human Performance & CNS: How coordination drills like juggling synchronize brain hemispheres to unlock genius-level logic. Attention Span & Sovereignty: Reclaiming focus from digital offloading through Bio-Energetic grounding to shift from "Survival" to "Creative" mode. Future of Education: Preparing humans for a society where AI handles the procedural, and humans must master originality. Master Your Originality The highest hierarchy of thinking is Creation. To be original, you need a regulated, grounded, and expressive Central Nervous System. Stop being a "copy of a copy" and start exploring your true capacity. Subscribe to ReeThink on Spotify and YouTube. ReeThink the Science. ReeWire the Mind.

  1. 5D AGO

    Can Tech Help Us Focus Again? Opal’s Kenneth Schlenker on Attention, Phones & Mental Health

    🎙️ Episode 19 - Can Tech Help Us Focus Again? Opal’s Kenneth Schlenker on Attention, Phones & Mental HealthSmartphones and social media have turned into industrial‑grade attention machines, and most of us never got the manual. In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, Rudi Adigbli sits down with Opal founder and CEO Kenneth Schlenker to explore how the attention economy, persuasive design and constant connectivity are reshaping our focus, productivity and mental health.Kenneth shares his journey from a calm childhood in the Alps to working at Google, where he saw how powerful user data is for predicting and influencing behavior. He explains how this experience, combined with the rise of ubiquitous smartphones (5 billion devices) and social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, led him to build Opal, a screen time management app designed to help people use technology without being used by it.We dive into: How big tech learned to hack human attention using data, dopamine and micro‑habits.​Why constant context switching destroys deep work, clarity and emotional regulation.​The link between the attention economy and today’s youth mental health crisis, anxiety and burnout across all age groups.​How Opal combines screen time analytics with interventions (blocking/limiting apps and websites) so your digital environment matches your intentions.​Why real change requires agency, not just restrictions, especially for teenagers and families trying to build healthier phone habits together.​00:00 Introduction to Kenneth von Oppel and Opal05:51 Realizations at Google: The Attention Economy14:10 Aligning Technology with Human Wellbeing29:49 Balancing Profit and Positive Impact36:42 Hiring for a Strong Company Culture38:51 The Importance of a Clear Mission42:05 Achieving Success with a Small Team51:58 Understanding Context Through Technology54:55 The Importance of Measuring Attention57:15 Parenting in a Digital Age58:34 Agency and Empowerment in Children01:04:42 Navigating Screen Time and TechnologyRudi and Kenneth also discuss research on persuasive tech, dopamine loops, variable rewards, and the overlap between flow triggers and addictive product design. They explore how perceived agency can turn the same high‑stimulus environment into either a path to trauma and helplessness, or a path to growth and flow.​ If you’ve ever felt your phone quietly taking over your day, struggled to focus at work, worried about your kids growing up on social media, or wondered how to align your tech use with your values, this conversation is for you.You’ll come away with a clearer understanding of: What’s really happening behind the screen when you scroll.Why digital wellbeing is now a civilization‑level challenge.Practical ways to reclaim your attention, focus and mental health while still benefiting from modern technology.#DigitalWellbeing #ScreenTime #AttentionEconomy #MindfulTech #OpalApp #ReeThinkPodcast #KennethSchlenker #DeepWork #Productivity #MindfulTech #SmartphoneAddiction #AttentionEconomy #DigitalWellbeing

    1h 12m

  2. FEB 16

    Bloom’s Taxonomy, AI Pressure & Flow: Training the Brain Beyond Algorithms

    🎙️ Episode 18 - Bloom’s Taxonomy, AI Pressure & Flow: Training the Brain Beyond AlgorithmsIn this episode, Rudi Adigbli builds on Episode 17 to ask: what thinking still matters in the age of AI? Mapping Bloom’s Taxonomy, from Remember to Create, onto Large Language Models, he explores AI research showing that while algorithms excel at analysis, they often fail at complex, multi-step creative work requiring executive function and judgment. Rudi connects this to flow state neuroscience, citing Steven Kotler and Dr. Michael Mannino. While flow, trauma, and psychedelics all drive plasticity, only flow encodes "learned powerfulness." By leveraging flow triggers, movement, risk, and novelty, you can direct neuroplasticity toward high performance. Finally, drawing on Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation, Rudi shows how smartphones erode attention and emotional regulation. He argues for "attention sovereignty": rather than letting feeds train your nervous system into distraction, you must engineer a "mental gym" through disciplined tech use and nervous system regulation. ReeThink the System. ReeWire the Mind.00:00 – Why a follow‑up to Episode 17?03:00 – Bloom’s Taxonomy in the AI era08:00 – What schools train (and what they ignore)13:00 – Where AI is strong, and where it still fails19:00 – Human creativity vs AI output (Fiverr study)24:30 – Flow, PTSD and psychedelics: Kotler & Mannino30:00 – Learned helplessness vs learned powerfulness33:30 – Social media, smartphones and youth anxiety38:30 – Digital detox neuroscience in practice43:00 – Designing AI‑resilient cognition🌐 Website: https://reewire.vc/ai-pressure-on-attention-training-the-brain-beyond-algorithms/📸 Instagram: @rudiadigbli👉 Read the full episode summary on my Substack: https://reethink.substack.com/?r=5rf5jd&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklistSources:First few seconds for flow: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422004456Mountains of Evidence: https://www.afterbabel.com/p/mountains-of-evidenceReducing social media use decreases loneliness: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032726001825Remote Labor Index – Measuring AI Automation of Remote Work: https://www.remotelabor.ai/paper.pdf#ReeThinkPodcast #RudiAdigbli #AI #ExecutiveFunction #BrainPlasticity #Neuroscience #FlowState #MovementAndNeuroplasticity #AttentionEconomy #DigitalDetox #YouthMentalHealth #HumanPotential #Neurotech #BrainOptimization #EmbodiedCognition

    37 min

  3. FEB 9

    AI, Brain Plasticity & The Moving Mind: How to Rewire Your Life in the Age of Algorithms

    🎙️ Episode 17 - AI, Brain Plasticity & The Moving Mind: How to Rewire Your Life in the Age of AlgorithmsIn this solo deep dive, host Rudi Adigbli distills the most important lessons from the first 16 episodes of ReeThink Podcast. This episode is your guided tour through AI, brain plasticity, movement, music, the vagus nerve, and team synchrony, and how to turn them into a practical “mental gym” for modern life.Rudi explores why AI is a net positive “pressure cooker” for society, exposing broken systems like education and attention economics while creating new space for founders, investors and builders who align technology with human biology. Drawing on conversations with guests such as Lisa Riegel (education & perception), Manu Kapur (Productive Failure & LearnPF), Vitalijus from Pulsetto (Vagus Nerve), the Syneurgy team (team flow & biometrics), Max Taubenheim (movement neuromodulation), Alex Doman (music & frequency), and insights from Steven Kotler & Michael Mannino (flow science & embodied cognition), he connects the dots between cutting‑edge neuroscience and real‑world behavior change.You’ll learn why brain plasticity is the master lever for everything from trauma and depression to high performance and creativity, and why movement, coordination drills, martial arts, and rope flow act as powerful neuromodulators for the CNS. Rudi unpacks how flow states supercharge learning and mental health, how music and low frequencies regulate your nervous system, and why vagus‑nerve‑driven resilience (switching between sympathetic and parasympathetic states) is more powerful than just “relaxing.” He also explains how team synchrony and inter‑brain alignment are becoming measurable through AI and biometrics, opening a new frontier for investors and entrepreneurs focused on human‑centric performance tech.If you’re an investor, entrepreneur, or simply obsessed with neuroscience, neurotechnology, AI, human potential, brain health, movement, executive function, and biohacking, this episode gives you a distilled roadmap for how to rewire your life in an age of algorithms.Hit play to learn how to: See AI as an amplifier of minds, markets and systems, good and bad, and where the real opportunities lie.Design a lifestyle that maximizes brain plasticity through movement, flow, and embodied cognition. Use music, breathwork, and vagus‑nerve regulation to shift your state on demand. Build team flow and synchrony using both intuition and data. 00:00 – Intro 01:00 – AI as Pressure Cooker: Rethinking education & attention 07:00 – Brain Plasticity: Trauma, performance & lifestyle design 14:00 – Movement as Neuromodulation: Rope flow, BJJ & embodied cognition 21:00 – Executive Function & Flow: Impulse control, struggle & “God‑mode learning” 27:00 – Music & Frequency: Goosebumps, low frequencies & nervous system regulation 32:00 – Vagus Nerve, CNS & Perception: Resilience, mindfulness & how the brain builds reality 36:00 – Closing Reflections: How Rudi will train and how you can introduce more plasticity & flow#ReeThink #RudiAdigbli #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Neuroscience #Neurotechnology #BrainPlasticity #FlowState #HumanPotential #ExecutiveFunction #BrainHealth #Biohacking #MovementTraining #EmbodiedCognition #VagusNerve #MentalGym #FutureOfEducation #AttentionEconomy

    36 min

  4. FEB 2

    The Biological Highway: Why Movement is the Ultimate Brain Hack with Max Taubenheim

    🎙️ Episode 16 - The Biological Highway: Why Movement is the Ultimate Brain Hack with Max Taubenheim, Movement Expert Most people treat the gym as a way to change their appearance. But what if your movement practice was actually a high-precision tool for neuromodulation and cognitive performance? In our first-ever in-person episode, host Rudi Adigbli sits down with Zurich-based movement coach Max Taubenheim. From his early days as a professional ballet dancer in Germany’s elite Palucca School to mastering strength coaching under Paul Chek’s principles, Max has developed a unique, intuitive approach to the human body. In this episode, we move past "reps and sets" to explore the Brain-Body Connection. We discuss how the modern "shoe conspiracy" is shutting down our sensory input, why Rope Flow and juggling are the ultimate "Mental Gym" drills, and how to use ancient bio-energetic techniques to ground your nervous system in seconds.🚀 Key Topics Covered: Executive Function & Movement: Why complex coordination (juggling, rope flow) is required for modern brain health.The "Mental Gym" Thesis: Validating why we must compensate for our sedentary, digital lifestyle.Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Non-invasive ways to activate the parasympathetic nervous system through breath and eye movement.Bio-Energetics: Moving out of the "Survival Brain" and into a grounded, safe physical state.Functional Anatomy: The importance of the feet, the jaw (Mewing), and the "Heart that can't bite."00:00 – Intro: The first in-person podcast & new facilities. 01:30 – Max’s Journey: From competitive sports to the world of professional Ballet. 08:15 – The Pivot: Leaving the dance world and moving into Pilates & Fitness Management. 11:00 – The Central Nervous System: Why traditional trainers miss the brain-movement link. 13:30 – Closing the Gap: Understanding the separation between head and body. 16:15 – Rope Flow & David Weck: Achieving a high-speed flow state. 21:00 – Neuroplasticity Training: Using coordination drills to change your neural pathways. 28:30 – Movement for Mental Health: Coming into the body to calm the mind. 34:00 – Safety & Grounding: The Bio-Energetic principles of Alexander Lowen. 42:45 – Pain as an Access Point: Why "Back Pain" is a cue for introspection. 53:00 – Mastery: The hand-brain connection and the motor cortex. 01:05:00 – Vocalizing Tension: Releasing unexpressed potential through sound. 01:13:00 – The Jaw & Mastic Gum: James Nestor, "Breath," and the strongest muscle in the body. 01:19:00 – Closing Thoughts: Always believe in your own exploration.🌐 Website: [Insert Website Link] 📧 Substack: [Insert Substack Link] 📸 Instagram: @rudiadigbli @maxtaubenheim#MovementCulture #Neuroscience #Biohacking #RopeFlow #MentalGym #ExecutiveFunction #Neuroplasticity #BrainHealth #VagusNerve #Grounding #ReeThinkPodcast #RudiAdigbli #ZurichFitness #HolisticHealth

    1h 19m

  5. JAN 26

    NeuroWell: How Brain Science Can Fix a Broken Education System with Lisa A. Riegel

    🎙️ Episode 15 - NeuroWell: How Brain Science Can Fix a Broken Education System with Lisa A. RiegelIn this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, we explore how neuroscience, executive function, and learning science can transform education at a moment when AI is reshaping how humans learn, think, and work. Host Rudi Adigbli sits down with Lisa A. Riegel, PhD, educator, leadership coach, and author of NeuroWell and Aspirations to Operations, to unpack why modern education is failing human biology, and how a brain-based approach can restore attention, emotional regulation, and deep learning. As artificial intelligence automates knowledge work, Lisa argues that schools are still training students for replaceable tasks, while neglecting the neurological foundations of executive function, self-regulation, resilience, and social connection. 🧠 What You’ll Learn in This EpisodeBrain-Based Learning - Why perception, attention, and emotion determine how students actually learnThe Attention Crisis - How technology and AI-driven cognitive offloading are reshaping the developing brainExecutive Function Explained - Why skills like focus, impulse control, and self-regulation matter more than contentNeuroWell Framework - The Safe, Supportive, Proactive model for schools and organizationsEducation in an AI World - How we must shift from fact memorization to thinking skills to stay human and relevant 00:00 – Introduction: Meet Lisa A. Riegel, PhD 04:25 – The "Spaghetti Strainer" Brain: How Perception and Bias are Formed 11:20 – You are the CEO of Your Brain: Managing the Amygdala and Thalamus 14:30 – Metacognition in Practice: The "Name it, Tame it, Control it" Exercise 20:10 – The Education Crisis: Why We Must Teach Humans, Not Content 29:05 – The "Market Culture" vs. Human Potential: Comparing US and Finland Systems 36:40 – The NeuroWell Framework: Safe, Supportive, and Proactive Environments 51:40 – IQ and Environment: Why IQ is Malleable through Stimulating Containers 54:20 – Finding "The Gap": Preparing Children for the Post-AI Job Market 57:30 – Executive Function Deficits: How Modern Life Erodes Brain Structure 01:10:15 – The 8C Commitment Framework for Leadership 01:19:00 – AI as the Most Disruptive Force for Leaders 🔗 Connect with Lisa A. Riegel: Website: lisaariegel.comBooks: NeuroWell and Aspirations to Operations #Neuroscience #EducationReform #Leadership #AI #ExecutiveFunction #NeuroTech #LearningScience #MentalWellbeing #Podcast #ReeThinkPodcast #SelfRegulation

    1h 20m

  6. JAN 19

    AI & Team Flow: How Neural Synchrony Unlocks Peak Performance with Michael Mannino & Erwin Valencia

    🎙️ Episode 14 - AI & Team Flow: How Neural Synchrony Unlocks Peak Performance with Michael Mannino & Erwin Valencia (Syneurgy) Can AI measure the "vibe" of your team? In an age of distraction and looming AI competition, the ultimate competitive advantage isn't just individual skill, it’s Team Flow. Join host Rudi Adigbli and the founders of Synergy, Michael Mannino and Erwin Valencia, to explore the neurobiology of high-performing teams. Discover how Interpersonal Synchrony, the alignment of brain waves and heart rates, predicts optimal collaboration and trust. We move past the surface-level "chemistry" into the data of Beta Synchrony and Synchrony Rate Variability (SRV), showing how elite teams from Oracle to NASA use these biological markers to win.Why You Need to Listen: The Hive Mind Superpower: Learn how to democratize team synchrony to solve complex global problems. Beyond Chatbots: Explore "Applied AI" that uses standard webcams to measure trust and psychological safety via Remote PPG (RPPG). The Science of Connection: Understand the Dunbar Number and why our brains evolved to manage deep tribal relationships.00:00 - Intro: The Future of Synergy & AI-Driven Teams 02:10 - Measuring the Unmeasurable: What is Interpersonal Synchrony? 07:50 - Evolutionary Survival: Why Our Brains Seek Synchrony 10:40 - The Hive Mind: Team Consciousness as a Performance Metric 18:30 - Finance vs. Kindergarten: How Cultural Norms Shape Sync 28:20 - Synchrony Rate Variability: Why You MUST Get Out of Sync to Innovate 33:45 - The "Best Trader" Marker: Interoception & Decision Making 45:20 - The Game of "The Mind": A Live Lesson in Synchrony 58:15 - Oracle vs. Informatica: The $1B Advantage of Culture 01:03:30 - AGI & Ethics: Coexisting with Super-Intelligence#ReeThink #TeamFlow #Neuroscience #AI #Leadership #PerformanceScience #FamilyOffice #HighPerformanceTeams #FutureOfWork #BrainEconomy

    1h 12m

  7. JAN 12

    How Sound, Music & Frequency Rewire the Brain (Neuroplasticity Explained) with Alex Doman

    🎙️ Episode 13 - Sound, Music, and Frequency as a Neuroplasticity Tool with Alex DomanIn this episode, we explore how frequency, entrainment, and neuro-responsive music reshape cognition, stress regulation, sleep, and human performance.From the ReeThink Podcast - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets, and Human PotentialHost Rudi Adigbli sits down with Alex Doman, founder of Vital Neuro and Advanced Brain Technologies (the App Sleep Genius), to unpack the Doman family’s 80-year legacy in applied neuroplasticity and why sound may be one of the most powerful non-invasive neuromodulation tools available today. We dive into neuro-responsive music, EEG-driven closed-loop systems, binaural beats, and ancient frequencies that stimulate the vagus nerve, influence cortisol, enhance flow states, and support long-term brain health. We also explore the risk of cognitive offloading in an AI-driven world, and how to reclaim agency over your mind. 🧠 Key Takeaways:Neuro-Responsive Music: How Vital Neuro’s closed-loop EEG system uses AI to personalize sound in real-time.The Science of Sound: Understanding entrainment, the ISO principle, and how frequencies like the didgeridoo stimulate the vagus nerve. 00:00 – Intro 01:26 – The Doman Legacy: 80 years of training the brain without surgery 07:24 – Sound: The First Sensory Stimulus – Shaping the brain in utero 13:54 – Music’s Enduring Impact: Why your teenage playlist stays in your cells 18:16 – The Mechanism of Change: Entrainment and Frequency Following Response (FFR) 25:08 – Didgeridoo: A Primal Sound – Vagus nerve stimulation and ancient frequencies 27:51 – Sperm Whale Clicks: Exploring nature’s most powerful sound weapons 30:00 – Music’s Transfer Effect: Boosting math and science through shared neural networks 32:58 – The Performance Enhancer: Using sound for flow states and cortisol management 40:00 – Binaural Beats: Good vs. Bad – Why your YouTube beats might be failing you 43:17 – NASA’s Sopite Syndrome: The secret to inducing sleep in zero gravity 49:57 – The Future of Vital Neuro: EEG-integrated headphones and the closed-loop revolution#AI2026 #Neuroscience #SoundTherapy #Neuroplasticity #BinauralBeats #FutureOfWork #HumanPotential #RethinkPodcast #Neuroplasticity #SoundTherapy #Neuroscience #BinauralBeats #BrainHealth #Neurotech #HumanPotential #ReeThinkPodcast

    49 min

  8. 12/15/2025

    This Surgery Side Effect Raises Dementia Risk 1400% with John (PIPRA)

    🎙️ Episode 12 - AI vs. Delirium: Saving Brains & Billions in Healthcare with John Klepper (PIPRA)In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with John Klepper, co-founder of PIPRA, about how AI in healthcare is being used to predict delirium before surgery, saving hospitals millions and protecting long-term brain health. You’ll learn why delirium affects 1 in 4 patients over 60, how a single episode can increase dementia risk by 1400%, and why this “silent epidemic” costs more than diabetes in the US healthcare system. Beyond the medical breakthrough, this conversation explores the reality of building a MedTech startup: regulatory hurdles, selling innovation to hospitals, and why culture beats CVs when building high-performing teams. From AI-driven surgical workflows to the broader risks of automation and job displacement, this episode offers a grounded, real-world view of the future of AI in medicine.00:00 Introduction — Who is John Klepper?04:57 Why Hospitals Care About Delirium (Not Dementia)09:18 40% Mortality & 1400% Dementia Risk Explained15:17 The Silent Epidemic: Hypoactive Delirium20:01 How PIPRA’s AI Integrates Into Surgery28:26 Why Delirium Costs More Than Diabetes30:05 The MedTech Grind: Regulation & Reality36:14 Hiring for Grit, Culture & Values48:33 The AI Paradox: Medical Cures vs Job Displacement#AIinHealthcare #Delirium #Neurotech #DigitalHealth #MedTech #BrainHealth #HealthcareInnovation

    58 min
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ReeThink the System. ReeWire the Future.In an age of digital immersion and algorithmic pressure, your most valuable asset is your attention span. As the line between biological and digital intelligence blurs, the ReeThink Podcast explores how to protect and expand human potential. Hosted by Rudi Adigbli, this is the "Mental Gym" for the modern era. We bridge the gap between neuroscience research and the neurotech innovations reshaping our world.Why ReeThink? The old paradigm of the brain as an "isolated island" is dead. We are witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime shift: from the "AI Pressure Cooker" forcing education reform to the discovery that movement is neuromodulation for the Central Nervous System (CNS). The old rules of human performance no longer apply. We don't just talk about change; we decode the cognitive science behind it.Each episode features deep-dives with PhDs, neuroscientists, and tech pioneers to provide a biological and technological "Software Update" for your life and business. What We Explore:Neuroscience Research: How the brain evolved to navigate 3D environments and why the cubicle is a biological "stagnation trap". Neurotech & Innovation: The intersection of neurotechnology, VR, and AI to enhance our human expierence.Human Performance & CNS: How coordination drills like juggling synchronize brain hemispheres to unlock genius-level logic. Attention Span & Sovereignty: Reclaiming focus from digital offloading through Bio-Energetic grounding to shift from "Survival" to "Creative" mode. Future of Education: Preparing humans for a society where AI handles the procedural, and humans must master originality. Master Your Originality The highest hierarchy of thinking is Creation. To be original, you need a regulated, grounded, and expressive Central Nervous System. Stop being a "copy of a copy" and start exploring your true capacity. Subscribe to ReeThink on Spotify and YouTube. ReeThink the Science. ReeWire the Mind.

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