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Originally Posted by rconverse
Read this. Thought it was okay. Nothing special, IMO.
This sounds interesting. Fiction or non-fiction? I'm guessing the latter.
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Yeah, non fiction.
The first chapter is about when to stop looking for something you want to maximize you chance of the best outcome. Such as if your looking for an apartment in a super hot market, how many should you look at before signing a contract? Or interviewing for a job, how many before you make an offer to get the best candidate. Turns out, it's 37%. Look at 37% of your total and then pick the best one after that that is better than all the others you've seen and that gives you the highest probability of success.
Next chapter is about when to keep exploring vs. exploiting. Think of slot machines. Keep trying different ones or should you fine one that seems to be paying and stick with it? Think about restaurants. When your new in town you want to try a different one each night. But on your last night, are you still exploring? Nope, your exploiting by going to your favorite of them all.
Now I'm on a chapter on how we as humans sort things in our lives.
And all the theory in the book uses algorithms to apply to our lives. Pretty good stuff.