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HENRY KISSINGER WARNS THAT A.I. COULD END HUMAN ENLIGHTENMENT What’s the likelihood he’s correct? Henry Kissinger recently wrote a thoughtful piece about artificial intelligence in @TheAtlantic. The article

GROUP DECISION DISASTER (SQUARED): Slow process (rarely meeting) + slow transmission of information (majority-rule decisions)  @QuartzAtWork published a great piece last week, “How to design teams to

DAVID HASSELHOFF MAY HAVE BEEN AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON SELF-DRIVING CARS What’s next: beachwear that helps you run in slow-motion? Last Friday, May 4,

THE NFL DRAFT A grand decision experiment, wrapped in a pageant Last week, the NFL drafted newly eligible players for the 2018 season. You could

EPISTEMIC SPILLOVERS “I don’t like that plumber’s bumper sticker. I’m sure I can install my own toilet.” Last week, I wrote about the difference between

MADELEINE ALBRIGHT:  DIPLOMACY IS NOT LIKE CHESS Skill-based decision making, but with unpredictability like billiards (and poker) In a recent interview, former Secretary of State @Madeleine Albright

BAD NEWS IN THE EVENT OF A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE: Overconfidence by inexperienced doctors diagnosing zombie infections — When they tell you “overconfidence is an issue everywhere,”

TURKEYS CAN FLY! Are turkeys the suited connectors of the animal world? A reader calibrates my belief with this YouTube video (If there’s a WKRP in

REBELLION AGAINST THE BOTS! A new study exposed Twitter users to opposing-view bots: It didn’t end well Left to our own devices, we aren’t likely

WHEN UNDERDOGS WIN, HOW MUCH DO FORECASTERS LOSE? A view from Nate Silver, and why predictions are treated differently in sports than in politics We