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Comment by UpsideDownRide

2 days ago

Did we? Because while seemingly obvious nowadays it is not a settled matter in orthodox econ academia.

Yes. Everybody here should be or get acquainted with Herbert Simon - he is both "Logic Theory Machine" and "General Problem Solver" and "linked lists", and "bounded rationality" and "satisficing".

Herbert Simon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_A._Simon

  • People would benefit from learning some control theory too. A little tinkering with (even abstract) PID controllers can quickly disabuse one of the notion that feedback loops settle instantly.