Author: Justin Lane
Justin Lane is a cognitive scientist who has worked as a researcher at institutions such as the University of Oxford, Boston University, and the Center for Mind and Culture. He is currently a research fellow at the Center for Modeling Social Systems and CTO of Prospetus Research AS. His research has focused on pioneering the use of multi-agent artificial intelligence (AI) to study the information flow and stability of large scale human social groups. As a consultant, he has worked for organizations interested in applying multi-agent AI to a range of areas, including equity valuation, social stability, religious extremism, and policy analysis in the domains of education and economics.
Is the Idea Behind Minds Make Societies Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts?
Minds Make Societies, by Pascal Boyer (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018, ISBN 978-0300223453). 376 pp. Hardcover, $30.00. Minds Make Societies by Pascal Boyer is a fresh new perspective on approaching our social world. Boyer has a reputation as one of the most forward-thinking scientists on topics of society and culture today. His hallmark is …