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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

Christian and Griffiths show how ideas from search, scheduling, probability, and optimization can improve everyday choices under limited time and information.

What stuck

  • Many daily problems get easier when you accept limits instead of fighting them.
  • Good rules of thumb are often better than impossible optimization.