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Obi Felten

My next mission: Flourishing minds for all.

Leaving X, starting Flourish Labs

6 min readJun 2, 2021

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My next mission: Flourishing minds for all.

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Obi Felten

Betrayal and Love

This week is my 15 year anniversary of joining Google. Emi Nietfeld recently wrote a nuanced op-ed in The New York Times about her…

6 min readMay 8, 2021

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Astro photo-bombing Obi’s Vogue photo shoot

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Obi Felten
in
X, the moonshot factory

Sharing Project Amber with the mental health community

New open source resources to help researchers collect and interpret electroencephalography (EEG) data for mental health measurement

9 min readNov 2, 2020

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Sharing Project Amber with the mental health community

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Obi Felten

Celebrating 10 years of X

This year, we are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory. I joined the team 7 1/2 years ago when GoogleX…

7 min readFeb 3, 2020

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Celebrating 10 years of X

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Obi Felten
in
X, the moonshot factory

Living in modern times: Why we worry about new technology and what we can do about it

Editor’s note: This post first appeared in the German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche in December 2017.

4 min readJan 12, 2018

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Living in modern times: Why we worry about new technology and what we can do about it

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Obi Felten
in
X, the moonshot factory

Lessons from Silicon Valley and Europe

Each place can learn from the other: right now, more than ever, we need greater collaboration between them

13 min readDec 7, 2016

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Lessons from Silicon Valley and Europe

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Obi Felten
in
X, the moonshot factory

How to kill good things to make room for truly great ones.

Thoughts on inertia, fear and bravery

11 min readMar 9, 2016

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How to kill good things to make room for truly great ones.

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Obi Felten

Obi Felten

Moonshots at X (fkaGoogleX) | Board member @SpringerNature @Shift_org @WellcomeTrust mental health | Yoga, paddle boarding, biking | Mama | obifelten.com

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