Algorithms to Live By

The computer science of human decisions.

In this eye-opening book, each fascinating algorithm turns the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.

為了活命，你會吃人嗎？

我建議你用維根斯坦（Wittgenstein）的方法來閱讀並思考本書中的意義：慢慢來。

What if?

Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions.

A short history of nearly everything

This is a book about how it happened – in particular, how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also some of what happened in between and since.

How to lie with statistics

The crooks already know these tricks; honest men must learn them in self-defense.

The myth of Sisyphus

Inspired by the myth of the man condemned to ceaselessly push a rock up a mountain and watch it roll back to the valley below, The Myth of Sisyphus transformed twentieth-century philosophy with its impassioned argument for the value of life in a world without religious meaning.

Thinking, fast and slow

Comments: Probability is the one we should trust, not our feelings (brains).

Two systems that drive the way we think: System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical.

The power of habit

Comment: There are so many case studies and stories which make the book fun to read and the ideas easy to follow.

A brief history of the universe

Comments: What is the truth?