Herbert Simon may refer to: (wikipedia)
Most of what we do to get people ready to act in situations of encounter consists of drilling these lists into them sufficiently deeply so that they will be evoked quickly at the time of the decision.
A complex decision is like a great river, drawing from its many tributaries the innumerable premises of which it is constituted.
Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves.
Many individuals and organization units contribute to every large decision, and the very problem of centralization and decentralization is a problem of arranging the complex system into an effective scheme.
No one has characterized market mechanisms better than Friedrich von Hayek
All correct reasoning is a grand system of tautologies, but only God can make direct use of that fact
Technology may create a condition, but the questions are what do we do about ourselves. We better understand ourselves pretty clearly and we better find ways to like ourselves
I don't care how big and fast computers are, they're not as big and fast as the world.
A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention
Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.
