#374 Moshe Hoffman: Incentives, Preferences, and Reason
RECORDED ON JULY 18th, 2020.
Dr. Moshe Hoffman is a Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab & Lecturer at Harvard’s Department of Economics. He applies game theory, models of learning and evolution, and experimental methods, to try to decipher the (often subconscious and subtle) incentives that shape our social behavior, preferences, and ideologies. Dr. Hoffman obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and his B.S. in Economics from the University of Chicago. He also co-designed and teaches “Game Theory and Social Behavior” which lays out a lot of the evidence and models behind this approach.
This is my third talk with Dr. Hoffman, where we talk about social incentives, stated and revealed preferences, and reason.
You can access our two previous talks here:
#141 Moshe Hoffman: Game Theory, Norm Enforcement, and Evolutionary Psychology: https://youtu.be/wgBDc5q6rhY
#249 Moshe Hoffman: Problems With Theories In Psychology: https://youtu.be/m9Uc0e130hA
Time Links:
Where do social incentives come from?
What is the best level of analysis to understand social behavior, the level of stated preference or revealed preference?
Historical discourse - justifications and causes
Does what people say really translate well into their manifest behavior?
What is reason, and how does it really work?
Science as a collective enterprise
Follow Dr. Hoffman’s work!
Follow Dr. Hoffman’s work:
Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/y7g2ubal
Personal website: https://tinyurl.com/yboyxvxu
Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/ybxwknfs
Twitter handle: @Moshe_Hoffman