DevOpsDays Amsterdam 2025

A cognitive theory of community
2025-06-20 , Grote Zaal

We can build a stronger healthier community by leveraging a little basic neuroscience. Oxytocin is the neurotransmitter of goodwill, love, and trust. It’s also the cause of a lot of toxic behaviors often encountered in unhealthy communities. Understanding the mechanisms of oxytocin in the brain can be a massive help in building welcoming, high functioning communities and help us proactively avoid toxic outcomes.

Trying desperately not to isolate myself from the rest of humanity in the Portuguese mountains until I die alone my corpse undiscovered for a decade. I also enjoy photography.