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July 2020 Meetup: Modularity and Problem Solving - Chicago Rationality

July 2020 Meetup: Modularity and Problem Solving

And here’s the suggested reading (reading any one of these should be sufficient):

“The Network Structure of Exploration and Exploitation”
from David Lazer and Allan Friedman
https://ndg.asc.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Lazer-Friedman-2007-ASQ.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2zzOtVAsm_yzRCF77wvy3JAcmrWsF-t3cq_MrXpk44wmLpDriTfCmSc78

“Modular structure within groups causes information loss but can improve decision accuracy”
from Albert Kao
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2018.0378

Press release: https://www.santafe.edu/news-center/news/group-decisions-when-more-information-isnt-necessarily-better?fbclid=IwAR0hVWRvd4NRuBbGQJrbF8rHnHxpGirXaN9fX7atF6AV7afrpwHF6t8K5wg

Two podcasts from SFI discussing these topics:

Nicole Creanza on on Cultural Evolution in Humans & Songbirds: https://complexity.simplecast.com/episodes/22

Albert Kao on Animal Sociality & Collective Computation: https://complexity.simplecast.com/episodes/20