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Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths Brian Christian: Algorithms to Live By (2016) 4 stars

What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much …

Review of 'Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This was like a math-themed self-improvement and productivity book. Even though I'm terrible at math I was able to keep up consistently and remain interested throughout. There are some great bits on scheduling theory, sorting and caching, and game theory that I chose the book for. There was also unexpectedly great bits on willpower, regret, singletasking, and kindness.