Description

by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

This a fantastic book illustrating how concepts from the field of Computer Science can be applied to everyday life to solve real-world problems. The style is engaging and the ideas can be genuinely life-changing. For example, after reading this book, you will have a scientific justification for not sorting your paper work.

Contents include:

• Optimal Stopping: When to Stop Looking
• Explore/Exploit: The Latest vs. the Greatest
• Sorting: Making Order
• Caching: Forget About It
• Scheduling: First Things First
• Bayes’s Rule: Predicting the Future
• Overfitting: When to Think Less
• Relaxation: Let It Slide
• Randomness: When to Leave It to Chance
• Networking: How We Connect
• Game Theory: The Minds of Others
• Conclusion: Computational Kindness