TED2017: The future you 4/20/17, 12:07 PM Wednesday, April 26, 8:30AM - 10:15AM PDT Session 5: Mind, Meaning Hosted by Helen Walters. Michael Patrick Lynch id — Philosopher “a Michael Patrick Lynch examines truth, democracy, public discourse and the ethics of technology in the age of big data. i a Michael Patrick Lynch is a writer and professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, where he directs the Humanities Institute. \ : * > His work concerns truth, democracy, public discourse and the ethics of technology. Lynch is the author or editor of seven books, including \ The Internet of Us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data, In Praise of Reason: Why Rationality Matters for Ww #, Democracy, Truth as One and Many and the New York Times Sunday Book Review Editor’s pick, True to Life. Al The recipient of the Medal for Research Excellence from the University of Connecticut’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, he is The Principal Investigator for Humility & Conviction in Public Life, a $7 million project aimed at understanding and encouraging meaningful public discourse funded by the John Templeton Foundation and the University of Connecticut. He's a frequent contributor to the New York Times “The Stone” blog. michael-lynch philosophy.uconn.edu _ Dan Ariely 4 ; q Behavioral economist he a Glee ' we i oe bis The dismal science of economics is not as firmly grounded in actual behavior as was once supposed. In "Predictably Irrational," Dan Ariely GN css Ze" Aim told us why. 5 y ‘a Dan Ariely is a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University and a founding member of the Center for Advanced iy, be, Hindsight. He is the author of the bestsellers Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty -- _ N as well as the TED Book Payoff: The Hidden Logic that Shapes Our Motivations. f S ‘ : Through his research and his (often amusing and unorthodox) experiments, he questions the forc