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A review by libellum_aphrodite
Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Tom Griffiths, Brian Christian
3.0
The algorithm applications to real life were mostly fun, apropos, and insightful though a few trite and silly ones crept in.
These four I found quite relevant, to the point I stopped reading to consider the use in my own life.
* optimal stopping
* explore / exploit
* overfitting
* relaxation
Milage varied on the rest, ranging from "big stretches" to "interesting application, but overplayed."
* sorting
* caching
* scheduling
* Bayes' Rule
* randomness
* networking
* game theory
Style-wise, I felt the authors were trying a bit too hard to be cool and clever, with occasionally groan-worthy pop culture chapter quotes, but they effectively explained computer science terms in real human language (as best I can tell, admittedly - working in tech may well have tainted my impartiality).
These four I found quite relevant, to the point I stopped reading to consider the use in my own life.
* optimal stopping
* explore / exploit
* overfitting
* relaxation
Milage varied on the rest, ranging from "big stretches" to "interesting application, but overplayed."
* sorting
* caching
* scheduling
* Bayes' Rule
* randomness
* networking
* game theory
Style-wise, I felt the authors were trying a bit too hard to be cool and clever, with occasionally groan-worthy pop culture chapter quotes, but they effectively explained computer science terms in real human language (as best I can tell, admittedly - working in tech may well have tainted my impartiality).