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For computational devices, talk isn't cheap

SFI launches Synthetic Imagination series

Review: Allocation, Distribution, and Policy by Bowles and Chen

New mathematical framework reshapes debate over simulation hypothesis

Understanding the historical forces driving the expansion of human rights

Fundamental logic of life paper receives Outstanding Publication award

New book: Introduction to Ergodicity Economics

GINI Project receives Research Award from the Shanghai Archaeology Forum

Researchers reveal bias in a widely used measure of algorithm performance

Constructing a science of stories

Personal risk tolerance has sweeping implications for how societies evolve

SFI welcomes Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Max Jerdee

Encapsulating life — on Earth and beyond

How life begins and where it might happen again

Essay: 2018 summer undergraduate researcher reflects on the impact of SFI experience

SFI welcomes Program Postdoctoral Fellow Shuhao Fu

Agent-based models move into the economic mainstream

SFI welcomes Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Maike Morrison

Melanie Mitchell receives award for science communication

Why context matters in decision-making

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