Robin Hanson
Robin Hanson | |
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Hanson in 2011 | |
| Born | Robin Dale Hanson August 28, 1959 |
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| Occupation | Economist |
| Organization(s) | George Mason University Future of Humanity Institute |
| Known for | FutureMAP, LMSR, Foresight Institute |
| Notable work | The Elephant in the Brain The Age of Em |
Robin Dale Hanson (born August 28, 1959) is an American economist and author. He is associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a former research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. Hanson is known for his work on idea futures and markets, and he was involved in the creation of the Foresight Institute's Foresight Exchange and DARPA's FutureMAP project. He invented market scoring rules like LMSR (Logarithmic Market Scoring Rule) used by prediction markets such as Consensus Point (where Hanson is Chief Scientist), and has conducted research on signalling. He also proposed the Great Filter hypothesis.