Almossawi Ali. Bad Choices: How Algorithms Can Help You Think Smarter and Live Happier

Viking, 2017. — 160 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47365-075-6.A relatable, interactive, and funny exploration of algorithms, those essential building blocks of computer science — and of everyday life — from the author of the wildly popular Bad Arguments
Algorithms — processes that are made up of unambiguous steps and do something useful — make up the very foundations of computer science. But they also inform our choices in approaching everyday tasks, from managing a pile of clothes fresh out of the dryer to deciding what music to listen to.
With Bad Choices, Ali Almossawi presents twelve scenes from everyday life that help demonstrate and demystify the fundamental algorithms that drive computer science, bringing these seemingly elusive concepts into the understandable realms of the everyday.Algorihmic thinking in everyday life
Match those socks
Find your size
Pop to the shops
Bring him home
Sort that post
Be more hip
Update that status
Get the jobs done
Fix that necklace
Locate that box
Fill those shelves
Navigate those aisles
Final thoughts
Acknowledgmens
To learn more
Rrates of growth
Footnotes