Thursday, March 7, 2019

Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

Amazon

This is a great book, even though at first glance it looks boring. How can algorithms be interesting?

There have been times in my life (more than I care to remember) when I relied on an algorithm when I shouldn't have.

Becoming an Engineer, for example, because everyone thought it was a smart idea, doomed me to a wasted life.

I had a therapist in Silicon Valley, who said I was depressed and recommended Prozac to cure me. And more therapists kept increasing the dosage.

This was a case of the blind leading the blind, and I was fortunate no lasting damage was done.

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