Events
Cosponsors
- The Center for Science and Society
- Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience
Notes
- Free and open to the public
- No registration necessary
- First come, first seated
Sophia Rosenfeld, Professor of History, Yale University
Sheena Iyengaar, S. T. Lee Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
David Barack, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University
Being “free to choose” has arguably become a stand-in for broader concepts of freedom in many parts of the world today. How did this happen? Meanwhile, neuroscientists and behavioral economists have steadily been collecting evidence that the human brain is often quite poor at making choices. Where does this leave us, in an age when choice has become a proxy for freedom? This event is part of the Neuroscience and History Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Science and Society and the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience Program.
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