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Brian Epstein, “The Social World, Reexamined” (Open Agenda, 2021)

New Books in Economics

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Computer Models of the Social World

We have to make a distinction between the social things what's actually out there, and then the models that describe how they interact. So i see there are all sorts of differences in kind, ah, so help me out here, or tell me if this is right. I think that that this thing, it's inevitable that with all the data out there, with all the computer power out there, that we're going to be building some very powerful simulations over the coming years.

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