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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

What happens when we apply algorithms to our problems in life?


Introduction: Algorithms to Live By

1. Optimal Stopping: When to Stop Looking

2. Explore/Exploit: The Latest vs. the Greatest

3. Sorting: Making Order

4. Caching: Forget About It

5. Scheduling: First Things First

6. Bayes's Rule: Predicting the Future

7. Overfitting: When to Think Less

8. Relaxation: Let It Slide

9. Randomness: When to Leave It to Chance

10. Networking: How We Connect

11. Game Theory: The Minds of Others

Conclusion: Computational Kindness

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