Summary Of Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions By Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

by Elizabeth Swart

This isn't the main book, and it's not meant to take its place. However, Elizabeth Swart has calmly and brilliantly produced a SUMMARY

• Simplifies the author's point and relays it.

• Written in plain English that individuals of all literacy levels can understand.

• Completely outlines several important ideas that you could have missed.

• It is time and money efficient while yet being valuable.

ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK
What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of the new and familiar is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not. Computers, like us, confront limited space and time, so computer scientists have been grappling with similar 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 explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect 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.

40 pages, Paperback

Published October 25, 2022