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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

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What must we do, or leave undone, in a day or a life-time? How much messiness must we accept? What balance of the new and familiar is essentially the most fulfilling? These may look like uniquely human quandaries, but they don’t seem to be. Computers, like us, confront limited space and time, so computer scientists have been grappling with equivalent problems for decades. And the solutions they’ve found have much to teach us.

In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths show how algorithms developed for computers also untangle very human questions. They provide an explanation for have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, care for overwhelming choices and how best to hook up with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one’s inbox to peering into the future, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.

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