# Herbert A. Simon (@herbert-simon)

Herbert A. Simon was an American social scientist whose work crossed economics, organizations, public administration, psychology, computer science, and artificial intelligence. Carnegie Mellon credits him with pioneering AI and reshaping the study of cognition. He received the 1978 economics prize for research into decision-making within economic organizations.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Herbert A. Simon's public record._

## Topics

- [Artificial Intelligence and Cognition](/@herbert-simon/artificial-intelligence-and-cognition.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Bounded Rationality and Satisficing](/@herbert-simon/bounded-rationality-and-satisficing.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Organizations and Decisions](/@herbert-simon/organizations-and-decisions.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.cmu.edu/50/founder-stories/story-simon.html
- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1978/press-release/
- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1978/simon/facts/
- blog: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bounded-rationality/

## Ask this twin

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```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "herbert-simon", "question": "…"}`.