“An artifact can be thought of as a meeting point—an “interface” in today’s terms—between an “inner” environment, the substance and organization of the artifact itself, and an “outer” environment, the surroundings in which it operates. If the inner environment is… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
My research career has been devoted to understanding human decision-making and problem-solving processes. The pursuit of this goal has led me into the fields… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
By a combination of formal training and self study, the latter continuing systematically well into the 1940s, I was able to gain a broad… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
I think those who object to my characterizing man as simple want somehow to retain a deep mystery at his core. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
I tried to develop some theories that took account of the uncertainty in the world and the complexity in the world. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
Among my European ancestors were piano builders, goldsmiths, and vintners but, to the best of my knowledge, no professionals of any kind. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
The density of settlement of economists over the whole empire of economic science is very uneven, with a few areas of modest size holding… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
Viewed as a geometric figure, the ant's path is irregular, complex, and hard to describe. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
I like to think that since I was about 19, I have studied human decision-making and problem-solving. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
“In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 15, 1916. My father, an electrical engineer, had come to the United States in 1903 after… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
In arguing that machines think, we are in the same fix as Darwin when he argued that man shares common ancestors with monkeys, or… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
