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Tim Harford is a member of the Financial Times editorial board. His column, “The Undercover Economist”, which reveals the economic ideas behind everyday experiences, is published in the Financial Times and syndicated around the world. He is also the only economist in the world to run a problem page, “Dear Economist”, in which FT readers’ personal problems are answered tongue-in-cheek with the latest economic theory.

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Undercover Economist

Two economists have been collecting data to assess whether online friends are good for the soul. The quick answer: not really


Eliza was the first software to simulate human conversation. It was developed in the mid-1960s by Joseph Weizenbaum, a computer scientist at MIT. The most famous version mimicked a psychotherapist, thus hiding its conversational incompetence: “Men are all alike.” “In wha...

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Published on May 18, 2013 01:46
Average rating: 3.73 · 10,250 ratings · 845 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors
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