Many people understand the concept of bias on an intuitive level. Racial and gender biases are well documented in society and in artificial intelligence systems. If society could somehow eliminate prejudice, would all problems disappear? The late Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, a key figure in the field of behavioral economics, argued in his last … Read more
The death of Daniel Kahneman at the age of 90 has left a major void in the field of behavioral sciences and in the broader intellectual community. His scientific contributions, many of them in collaboration with cognitive psychologist Amos Tversky, transformed the disciplines of psychology and economics. They also had outsized consequences for philosophy, political … Read more
Pippa de Bruyn returned to Portugal at the age of 56, two years older than the age at which her father died – Pippa de Bruyn All pincushion mass and white-hot rage await the bull, panting. My mother, a small figure in a black catsuit and high-heeled boots, steps into the arena. The forcado who … Read more