Robin Hanson | A Taste For Abstraction: What We Have in Common

​Join us at Mox this week for dinner and a talk with economist Robin Hanson on abstraction:

​For many decades now, I've hung around a set of adjacent communities, of 'extropians', 'rationalists', etc. They are nerdy folks, interested in tech & the future, with a strong taste for abstraction. Which suggests that we talk more explicitly about how we decide which abstractions we are willing to rely on how much.

​Schedule:

​6:30pm: Dinner and mingling (3F Cafe)
7:30pm: Talk, Q&A
8:30 - 9:30pm: Continued hangout

About Robin: Robin Hanson is an economist, polymath and associate professor of economics at George Mason University. He has a doctorate in social science, master's degrees in physics and philosophy, and nine years of experience as a research programmer in artificial intelligence and Bayesian statistics. He's recognized not only for his contributions to economics (especially, pioneering the theory and use of prediction markets), but also for the wide range of fields in which he's been published. He is the author of The Age of Em, and The Elephant in the Brain, and classic rationalist blog, Overcoming Bias.

​Learn more about Robin here.

This event is a part of the Mox Summer Season, running from June 11th through the end of August.