It was a bit surprising with the level of detail and structure to evoke so many thought provoking responses as it did

It was a bit surprising with the level of detail and structure to evoke so many thought provoking responses as it did  Read Less

I was particularly impressed by the section on how algorithms can be used to make better decisions about love and relationships

I was particularly impressed by the section on how algorithms can be used to make better decisions about love and relationships  Read Less

The book concludes with the notion of computational kindness where one tries to interact with others so as to minimize the amou...  Read More

The book concludes with the notion of computational kindness where one tries to interact with others so as to minimize the amount of computations they have to do  Read Less

One could i suppose think that as one progresses with the formal training in say computer science or experimental physics these...  Read More

One could i suppose think that as one progresses with the formal training in say computer science or experimental physics these gaps would inevitably be filled in  Read Less

The book was a good price on amazon

The book was a good price on amazon  Read Less

This means that the pay off such random behaviour is that sometimes we may accidentally hit on a beneficial behaviour but the c...  Read More

This means that the pay off such random behaviour is that sometimes we may accidentally hit on a beneficial behaviour but the cost is that sometimes we may hit on an unbeneficial behaviour that we persist with as seen with panic buyers who purchase large amounts of worthless items without really knowing why  Read Less

Then the book focuses on sorting connecting this to how people arrange books on a shelf and also to how teams sort themselves i...  Read More

Then the book focuses on sorting connecting this to how people arrange books on a shelf and also to how teams sort themselves in tournaments  Read Less

The likes some of the theories made sense the 37 concept before making a decision the poker player needs to know how good he is...  Read More

The likes some of the theories made sense the 37 concept before making a decision the poker player needs to know how good he is and even more importantly how good is his competition concept like if you can’t explain simply you don’t understand this holds true for the authors many times it went over my head they examples of problems the traveling salesmen secretary’s problem and one arm bandit i like the bezos 80 year theory once i’m 80 will i regret not starting amazon  Read Less