6 Algorithms That Can Improve Your Life

Note to Self

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🗓️ 25 May 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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That pile of papers on your desk? That lunch meeting you can't seem to nail down? The hundreds of emails that raise your blood pressure? We're here to help.

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0:00.0	What I think is kind of lovely is that one of the implicit premises of the entire field
0:05.6	of computer science is that thinking is bad.
0:10.2	You know, the objective of any algorithm designer or any computer scientist is to minimize
0:16.4	the amount of time that the machine spends processing.
0:24.3	Infarts, dealing with email, getting drinks on the calendar, all these little things that
0:30.9	just...
0:31.9	I know you throughout the day.
0:34.9	Well, what if you just applied a little algorithmic thinking?
0:41.3	Could you actually be more efficient and enjoy life more?
0:49.2	It's note to self, the tech show about being human.
0:52.4	I'm Manouche Semarodi and this is my kind of nerding out.
0:59.8	Like, can computational science help us enjoy a meal more?
1:03.8	We wander around like aimless sharks.
1:08.7	Looking for our next meal.
1:10.9	Thinking that the better thing is always just down the block.
1:15.6	Or even find a better boyfriend faster?
1:18.5	Okay, I'm just gonna pass.
1:20.3	He's not better than these first few guys.
1:21.8	I just decided.
1:23.2	This week and next, we use some abstract ideas to solve some all too real and sometimes
1:28.3	annoying problems.
1:29.3	Yep, you're gonna hang out with my sister and note to self producer Jenna Kagle on next
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