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Herbert Alexander Simon 1916 - 2001

Herbert Alexander Simon of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA was born on June 15, 1916 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin United States, and died at age 84 years old on February 9, 2001 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA.

Herbert Alexander Simon
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Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA 15213
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June 15, 1916
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
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    Herbert Alexander Simon was born to German born to electrical engineer, inventor, and patent attorney Arthur Simon (1881-1948), and pianist Edna Marguerite Merkel (1888-1969). Herbert received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1978) and the Turing Award in computer science in 1975. He is considered a pioneer in artificial intelligence and information technology.
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Herbert Alexander Simon
Fascinating man who focused on how humans learned and implemented these observations into technology.

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Attention Economy
“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention” - Herbert A Simon who observed that attention was the "bottleneck of human thought".
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Simon, Conrad (Feb 15, 1825 - Nov 25, 1884) Simon, Kilian (Born Dec 7, 1877) Simon, Clara (Born Apr 21, 1875) Simon, Anna (Born Aug 13, 1862) Simon, Frank (Born Mar 15, 1872) Simon, Barbara (Born Mar 2, 1874) Simon, Theckla (Born Oct 1, 1879) Simon, John (Born Nov 23, 1868) Simon, Catherine (Born Dec 3, 1885) Simon, Herman (Born Aug 23, 1881)
Simon, James (Jan 5, 1903 - Dec 19, 1994) Cimon/Simon, Hermel (Oct 11, 1876 - Apr 20, 1961) Simon, William (Jul 16, 1915 - Jun 19, 2000) Simon, Norma (Apr 14, 1923 - Sep 1, 2003) Simon, Herman (Mar 30, 1890 - Mar 1965) Simon, Julie (Sep 15, 1904 - Oct 28, 1998) Simon, Paul (Mar 7, 1893 - Jan 1985) Simon, Michael (Feb 23, 1945 - Jul 28, 1997) Simon, Robert (Dec 13, 1960 - Oct 6, 1996) Simon, Sadie (May 23, 1902 - Feb 1986)
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