Penser en algorithmes

Si vous êtes du genre à ne jamais savoir prendre une décision, ce livre est fait pour vous. Aussi original qu’instructif, il nous éclaire au passage sur notre propre fonctionnement cognitif.

Cerveau&Psycho 15 july 2019

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Penser en algorithmes

Comment de simples stratégies inspirées de l’informatique peuvent transformer votre vie

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Penser en algorithmes, ou les leçons de l’informatique pour se faciliter le quotidien

Et si on tirait parti des grands principes algorithmiques pour améliorer nos prises de décisions quotidiennes plutôt que de s’interroger sur les effets nocifs du numérique? C’est l’étonnant contre-pied adopté par Brian Christian et Tom Griffiths, auteurs de «Penser en algorithme» (Algorithms to live by), un best-seller qui a remporté, outre-Atlantique, le prix du livre de l’année de la MIT Technology Review. Il est désormais édité, pour sa première traduction francophone, par les Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes.

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Why thinking like a computer scientist can help with big decisions

Computing algorithms could help combat the messy compromises of real life, says Oliver Burkeman

the guardian

Algorithms to Live By: what computer science teaches us about everyday decisions

Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths' Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions is pitched as a combination of personal advice and business book grounded in the lessons of computer science, but it's better than that: while much of the computer science they explain is useful in personal and management contexts, the book is also a beautifully accessible primer on algorithms and computer science themselves, and a kind of philosophical treatise on what the authors call "computational kindness" and "computational stoicism."

boing boing

Math theory reveals the best age to get married

A new math theory has suggested that people should get married at the age of 26 as it is the best time for them to make a life partner.

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Best Books of 2016

The authors posit that principles of computer science might help us solve our human problems. Beyond giving insight into algorithms themselves, the book shows how these principles can be applied both to practical matters like how to organize your inbox, and to deeper human challenges, like how to connect with others.

technology review

How Should You Organize Your Closet? Exactly Like a Computer Organizes Its Memory

Step aside, Martha Stewart: It's time to get your closet and piles of paper organized! Computer science can help.

wired

A mathematical theory says the perfect age to get married is 26 — here's why

independent

Theory reveals the perfect age to get married - and it may be younger than you think

mirror

Authors reveal ‘Algorithms to Live By’

In their new book, academics Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths explain how human decisions mirror computers.

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