Optimal Illusions by Coco Krumme

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/116799 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Optimal Illusions Author: Coco Krumme Narrator: Coco Krumme Format: mp3 Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins Release date: 09-12-23 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 17 ratings Genres: Technology & Society Publisher's Summary: Optimization 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.