Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization Krumme Coco
How optimization took over the world and the urgent case for a new approachOptimization is the driving principle of our modern world. We now can manufacture, transport, and organize things more…
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How optimization took over the world and the urgent case for a new approachOptimization is the driving principle of our modern world. We now can manufacture, transport, and organize things more cheaply and faster than ever. Optimized models underlie everything from airline schedules to dating site matches. We strive for efficiency in our daily lives, obsessed with productivity and optimal performance. How did a mathematical concept take on such outsize cultural shape? And what is lost when efficiency is gained?Optimal Illusions traces the fascinating history of optimization from its roots in America's founding principles to its modern manifestations, found in colorful stories of oil tycoons, wildlife ecologists, Silicon Valley technologists, lifestyle gurus, sugar beet farmers, and poker players. Optimization is now deeply embedded in the technologies and
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