The Elephant in the Brain

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Kevin Simler is a writer and software engineer currently living in Brooklyn, NY. He has worked for ten years as a programmer, product designer, and engineering director, and continues to advise startups about technology, leadership, and recruiting. Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He has a doctorate in social science, master's degrees in physics and philosophy, and nine years of experience as a research programmer in artificial intelligence and Bayesian statistics. With over 3100 citations and sixty academic publications, he is recognized not only for his contributions to economics, especially pioneering the theory and use of prediction markets, but also for the wide range of fields in which he has been published. He is the author.