Chief Science Officer, PsyML
Galen Buckwalter is a research psychologist and chief science officer at psyML. He was previously with Payoff.com, a financial wellness company applying science, psychology and technology to help members reinvent their relationship with money – accelerating their journey to financial well-being. Buckwalter formerly was a senior researcher and scientist at eHarmony.
A research psychologist takes on the question of what motivated white Trump voters and concludes: It's complicated. Economic anxiety may be a marker but alone does not account for what he sees as a unique...
A research psychologist identifies trends among White middle-class Americans that help explain why so many are turning to Trump. A stunning 23% of Americans are currently under extreme financial stress, and that can lead to...
Session Description: The disinformation war is on and it is effective and cutthroat. Tech has enabled authoritarian messaging and tactics, dark posts, and micro-targeting. Can tech also help us fight authoritarianism? How do we wage the...
“The idea that fake news on Facebook…influenced the election in any way, I think is a pretty crazy idea,” said Mark Zuckerberg onstage at Techonomy 2016. He has subsequently recanted.
MANkind’s evolving relationship with tools and MACHINES is nothing new. But the speed at which we, and everything around us, are becoming more closely connected and NETWORKed is.
