Nonhuman Governance | Peleg Lab

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Human governance is in crisis, with escalating political polarization, eroding trust in public institutions, and widespread disinformation. This is possible because people are susceptible to cognitive illusions, exploited by governments and politicians. To address the cognitive causes of some of the most catastrophically irrational decisions of today, including climate change denialism, we aim to answer the following question: How do nonhuman beings and collectives–whose perseverance on earth far surpasses that of humans–avoid crippling cognitive illusions in their decisions? We’ll use a theory-experiment interwoven approach, where physics-based mathematical models make testable predictions, and the results of experiments with bees and slime mold inform our models. We’ll communicate our results to the public, offering actionable policy guidance, to have maximum impact in the real world. Applying principles of biomimicry to the political realm, we seek to expand understanding of collect

--> Nonhuman Governance | Peleg Lab top of page Picture by Golnar Gharooni Fard From Cognitive Bias to Rational Governance: What Humans Can Learn From Honeybees and Slime Molds In collaboration with Jonathon Keats (Berggruen Institute) Human governance is in crisis, with escalating political polarization, eroding trust in public institutions, and widespread disinformation. This is possible because people are susceptible to cognitive illusions, exploited by governments and politicians. To address the cognitive causes of some of the most catastrophically irrational decisions of today, including

Nonhuman Governance | Peleg Lab

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