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“Viewed as a geometric figure, the ant's path is irregular, complex, and hard to describe.”

Herbert A. Simon

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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…

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By a combination of formal training and self study, the latter continuing systematically well into the 1940s, I was able to gain a broad…

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I think those who object to my characterizing man as simple want somehow to retain a deep mystery at his core.

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I tried to develop some theories that took account of the uncertainty in the world and the complexity in the world.

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Among my European ancestors were piano builders, goldsmiths, and vintners but, to the best of my knowledge, no professionals of any kind.

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I like to think that since I was about 19, I have studied human decision-making and problem-solving.

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What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients.

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