Current

Finished

• Creative Act - Rick Ruben

• [10/10] Misery - Stephen King.

• [10/10] Hello World - Hannah Fry - an introduction to how data is used today in varying contexts such as the justice system and (interesting to me) the use of guardian algorithms vs. total autonomous driving in cars; a discussion on if we can overcome biased machine learning. 

• [10/10] Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain - Lisa Feldman Barrett - a concise set of lessons dispelling common beliefs about the mind and brain and asserting current understandings from cognitive science and neuroscience.

• [***] The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty - Dan Ariely [is under scrutiny of academic integrity violations for data falsification. ]

• [9/10] The Mathematics of Love - Hannah Fry 

• [8/10] Algorithms to Live By - Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths - a dense application of computer science concepts (which are applications of math) onto "real" world problems 

• How People Learn

Want to Read (Will I ever?)

• The Woman Who Smashed Codes - Jason Fagone

• Nudge - Richard Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein

• How Emotions are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett

• Rutherford and Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)

• Why Zebras don't get Ulcers - Robert Sapolsky

• Who Gets What - Alvin Roth

• The Neural Processes Underpinning Episodic Memory - Demis Hassabis 

• Jurassic Park - Samuel L. Jackson does dinosaur math proofs, I hope

• The Art of Strategy - Dixit Nalebuff

• Range - David Epstein 

• Crime and Punishment