Author

Books by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson

Kevin Simler is a software engineer and writer with an interest in evolutionary psychology and the mechanisms underlying social behavior. He has written widely on his blog Melting Asphalt on topics including consciousness, signaling, and human motivation. Robin Hanson is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford. He is known for applying evolutionary and economic analysis to unconventional subjects, and has written extensively on prediction markets, future technology, and the gap between stated and actual human preferences.