Algorithms to Live By is, undoubtedly, the most important book I have read. It shed light in the form of scientific explanations for many things I was already doing, but that I had learned the hard way. 

A book cover titled Algorithms to Live By features a stylized blue brain illustration and credits authors Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths.

If my memory doesn’t fail me, I learned about it in 2016 listening to a podcast while #jogging in #Santiago, where I lived at the time. The conversation blew me away, and I got the Kindle edition as soon as I got home. I bought the hard cover and the audio version a few years later.

It’s probably not a book for everyone because of the many detailed explanations. My suggestion is to download the sample to make sure it is something that’s compatible with the kind of books I enjoy reading.