Algorithms to Live By
1 Optimal Stopping 9
When to Stop Looking
2 Explore/Exploit 31
The Latest vs. the Greatest
3 Sorting 59
Making Order
4 Caching 84
Forget About It
5 Scheduling 105
First Things First
6 Bayes’s Rule 128
Predicting the Future
7 Overfitting 149
When to Think Less
8 Relaxation 169
Let It Slide
9 Randomness 182
When to Leave It to Chance
10 Networking 205
How We Connect
11 Game Theory 229
The Minds of Others
Conclusion 256
Computational Kindness
Notes 263
Bibliography 315
Acknowledgments 335
Index 339
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具体描述
A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind
All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favorites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such issues for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us.
In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the algorithms used by computers can 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 understanding the workings of memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.
用户评价
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评分##白话版的计算机算法课程
评分##作者将计算机的算法运用在生活中例子。其中第1，2章写的真好。Optimal stopping提到的37%rule，Explore/Exploit写出了人永远在有限时间有限信息做最好选择的现实，短期利益和长期投资的mixed strategy。其他几章内容平时也接触到了，但还是有部分内容有趣，如，信息终端无处不在的sorting推荐，overfitting大数据不如人的知觉，Erlang分布还是第一次听到，路由器的Bufferbloat犹如现实的交通堵塞，总之算法能写成这样有趣还是不错的。
评分##作者将计算机的算法运用在生活中例子。其中第1，2章写的真好。Optimal stopping提到的37%rule，Explore/Exploit写出了人永远在有限时间有限信息做最好选择的现实，短期利益和长期投资的mixed strategy。其他几章内容平时也接触到了，但还是有部分内容有趣，如，信息终端无处不在的sorting推荐，overfitting大数据不如人的知觉，Erlang分布还是第一次听到，路由器的Bufferbloat犹如现实的交通堵塞，总之算法能写成这样有趣还是不错的。
评分##算法入门，不错的科普书和科学自救手册
评分##关于算法的理性与感性，比如博弈论结尾这段儿："The road to hell is paved with intractable recursions, bad equilibria, and information cascades, seek out games where honesty is the dominant strategy, then just be yourself."
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评分##《指导生活的算法》 生活中的很多复杂决策，看上去没有规律可循，实际上是可以用算法来解决的。e.g.找对象用到的37%法则 很多时候我们会沉迷在细节里，看不清大方向，其实是犯了数学上的过度拟合错误。 时间问题本质上是个数学问题，用数学家的办法管理时间，才能活得更有效率。
评分##数学家教做人
