New book by historian Jill Lepore

Harvard Professor of History Jill Lepore’s latest book If Then explores the story of the Simulmatics Corporation – the Cambridge Analytica of the 1960s – which used emerging computer technology to try to predict human behaviour and win elections. Lepore visited the John Adams in 2019 to discuss her book These Thruths: A History of the United States.



Harvard Professor of History Jill Lepore’s latest book If Then explores the story of the Simulmatics Corporation – the Cambridge Analytica of the 1960s – which used emerging computer technology to try to predict human behaviour and win elections. Lepore visited the John Adams in 2019 to discuss her book These Thruths: A History of the United States.


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