Algorithms to Live By
by Brian Christian
Book Reviews
Huge thank you to @BrianChristian for blurbing #QUIT. Brian is the author of ALGORITHMS TO LIVE BY along with the incomparable Tom Griffiths. It is a perennial best seller that explores how simple computer algorithms can untangle human decision making.
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@AdamSarwar Super forecasters and Algorithms to Live By were the books I mentioned. Not necessarily my favorites but they were solid readsLink to Tweet
#1 from @blauyourmind on the investing & engineering teams—
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by @brianchristian and Tom Griffiths
“You will love this book. It applies famous algorithms and data structures to things we do in life everyday.”Link to Tweet
9) Thinking Fast and Slow
One of the most important books on human psychology and the way we think. Critical lessons for how people are motivated, what drives their actions, etc.Link to Tweet
7) Hooked
Many people cite this as their favorite book on building products -- I agree. @nireyal is fantastic and this is a simple but impactful formula for building helpful and usable products.Link to Tweet
Heat (and most heist films) can be thought of as explorations of the “burglar problem.” Neil McCauley knew the math but didn’t follow it.
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A burgeoning new genre - books about algorithms and what they mean for us:
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