![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately, what we can gain is not only a set of concrete takeaways for the problems around us, not only a new way to see the elegant structures behind even the hairiest human dilemmas, not only a recognition of the travails of humans and computers as deeply conjoined, but something even more profound: a new vocabulary for the world around us, and a chance to learn something truly new about ourselves. And we will learn about how the mind works, about its distinct but deeply related ways of tackling the same set of issues and coping with the same constraints. We will learn about the fundamental mathematical structure of these challenges and about how computers are engineered-sometimes counter to what we imagine-to make the most of them. Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths describe how algorithms have been used for centuries. However, there is no reason that we cannot use algorithms in our everyday lives. Algorithms are inserted into computers and other forms of technology to solve problems. The next pages begin our journey through some of the biggest challenges faced by computers and human minds alike: how to manage finite space, finite time, limited attention, unknown unknowns, incomplete information, and an unforeseeable future how to do so with grace and confidence and how to do so in a community with others who are all simultaneously trying to do the same. Algorithms to Live By offers shortcuts and hacks to help streamline your life. ![]()
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Cowgirls, as a matter of fact, all “bursting with dimples and hormones”-and the FBI has never seen anything quite like them. ![]() ![]() But thanks to those multiple trips to the Principal’s office, Izzy’s parents force her to enroll in Mrs. The only time Izzy feels at peace is when she’s on the open water, and more than anything else, she wants to become a member of the Dandelion Paddlers, her school’s competitive rowing club. And after only a month of middle school she’s already set the record for the most trips to the Principal’s office. She wears camouflage combat boots and tie dye skirts the Big Dipper and Orion are her two best friends and she’d rather climb trees or shoot hoops than talk about boys and makeup. Izzy Malone isn’t your typical sixth grader. ![]() ![]() ![]() Izzy Malone, a spunky girl who wants to be part of an elite rowing club, must first attend a very unique charm school in this first novel of a brand-new duology from the author of Seeing Cinderella and Plastic Polly. THE CHARMING LIFE OF IZZY MALONE: Coming Fall 2016. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her audio series The Neuroscience of Change (Sounds True 2012) weaves the newest findings of science with Eastern contemplative wisdom to give listeners a revolutionary process for personal transformation. Her most recent book, The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It(Penguin 2012), explores the latest research on motivation, temptation, and procrastination, as well as what it takes to transform habits, persevere at challenges, and make a successful change. Kelly McGonigal, PhD, is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University, and a leading expert in the new field of “science-help.” She is passionate about translating cutting-edge research from psychology, neuroscience, and medicine into practical strategies for health, happiness, and personal success. ![]() ![]() It’s a typically bizarre and delightful moment from an utterly unique, endlessly exhilarating, last-chance-power-drive of a memoir. So they give up and head to a fancy restaurant, where being famous means they can get a table in full rock-god drag. Steven’s bandanna is neither red nor blue but an indeterminate hue, chosen carefully and precisely to complement the rest of his ‘look’ by the man who invented the male babushka.” They huff off to Knott’s Berry Farm instead – but can’t get in there either. ![]() As Springsteen explains, “This, say the powers that be, is so he will not be misidentified as a gang member, Blood or Crip, and fall victim to a drive-by while hurling his cookies on Space Mountain. Except they get thrown out for refusing to take off their bandannas. He and his longtime lieutenant Steve Van Zandt decide to celebrate with a trip to Disneyland. “Dancing in the Dark” is a Number One smash. ![]() ![]() The summer of 1984: Bruce Springsteen has just dropped Born In The U.S.A., blowing him up from superstar to mega-hyper-uberstar. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nevertheless, like any area of science, pseudoscience has set up shop in the study of gender, bolstered by media’s intense desire to seize on anything that has the patina of advanced, hi-tech science even when the results come from flawed research.ĭelusions of Gender is a thorough debunking by Cordelia Fine of scientific studies and scientific posturing regarding what we know about the biological (and particularly, neurological) differences between sexes. In some cases, such as the pink/blue divide, you might already be aware of the history of the phenomenon, including the fact that the colour assignments used to be reversed. ![]() Pink is for girls and blue is for boys, and that’s just the way it is, right? Girls like nurturing toys and boys like toys that involve motion or action, and don’t even bother trying to change those habits-they’re ingrained at birth, yeah? Doubtless you’ve heard these and other stereotypes and claims about the biological origins of sex differences. ![]() |