Eric Silver

Independent researcher — decision-making in healthcare, innovation and technology diffusion, and Medicaid.

The name aporal is for choosing among things that don't compare — apples, oranges, alligators.

Research interests

Measures and simulations for questions that resist tidy markets and prices.

  • ΔKL — a text-based measure of innovation, drawn from trademark language.
  • O*NET-grounded models of work, tasks, and automation.
  • Simulation of non-traditional markets, with a focus on the quality of the decisions they produce.
  • Simulating the social impacts of technological change.
  • Non-monetary valuation.

Essays

Writing on decision-making, meaning, and collective rationality, from the aporal notebook.

Papers

Communicating a Prognosis: a Randomized Trial of Survival Rate Language
Silver, Broomell, Davis, White & Krishnamurti · Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2019 · free full text (PMC).

Portfolio

  • Pikimal logo Pikimalpreference-based product recommendation engine.
  • WebKitea publishing platform.
  • Radiusautomated advertising generation.
  • Alt-Capitalsyndicated investment.

Screenshots and logos for WebKite, Radius, and Alt-Capital to come.

Résumé

Curriculum vitae (PDF)

Contact

epsilver@aporal.com