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Interview: Brian Christian and ALGORITHMS TO LIVE BY

Brian Christian at Elliot Bay Book Company, Seattle, Washington

Brian Christian at Elliot Bay Book Company, Seattle, Washington

Science writer and poet Brian Christian (author of “The Most Human Human,” a New Yorker Favorite Book of the Year) read at Elliott Bay Book Company, here in Seattle, over the weekend. It was my pleasure to sit down with Brian and discuss his latest book, co-authored with Tom Griffiths, “ALGORITHMS TO LIVE BY: The Computer Science of Human Decisions,” published by Henry Holt and Company.

Algorithms to Live By Henry Holt 2016

I begin our conversation my relating the work of Malcolm Gladwell to what this new book has to offer: opportunities to help people reach their eureka moments. You can read my review here.

You can watch the video to the interview below:

“ALGORITHMS TO LIVE BY: The Computer Science of Human Decisions” is a 368-page book available in hardcover, paperback, and as an e-book. For more details, visit Henry Holt and Company.

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Review: ‘Your Illustrated Guide To Becoming One With The Universe’ by Yumi Sakugawa

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Yumi Sakugawa presents the reader with engaging and helpful guidelines on how to balance your life in her new book, “Your Illustrated Guide To Becoming One With The Universe.” If such a title did not exist before, it seems like it was only a matter of time before someone would use it. How nice that Ms. Sakugawa should enjoy that privilege. Any number of cartoonists could create something similar, and probably more should. What this book demonstrates is an authentic voice speaking to the little leaps of faith that we all wish to take.

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