dld-conference: Daniel Kahnemann and Nassim Taleb discuss biases, the illusion of patterns as well as the perception of risk and denial

About John Brockman
John Brockman is a cultural impresario whose career has encompassed the avant-garde art world, science, books, software, and the Internet. In the 1960s, he coined the word "Intermedia" and pioneered "Intermedia kinetic environments" in art, theatre, and commerce

About Nassim Taleb
Nassim N. Taleb is combination of a literary essayist, scholar of risk and randomness, writer of philosophical tales, and derivatives trader. He is known for a multidisciplinary approach to the role of the high- impact rare event -across psychology, economics, philosophy, finance, engineering, and history.

About Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Professor of Public Affairs Emeritus at Princeton University. He was educated at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem and obtained his PhD in Berkeley

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