You cannot control the outcome, just processes. And as long you use the best process, you did your best!

The three principles are: 1. 37 % 0:34 and 10:41 2. Explore/Exploit 3:42 3. Last accessed 6:17

What I found difficult in making decisions, particularly the complicated ones, is that we often do not know what all the game pieces are and the boundary of the gameboard.

Great talk. As a Computer Scientist I too approach life problems with logic. However, having now read 37% of the greatest books on Psychology and Human Behaviour, I now just go with my gut.

Worth watching video. The message given is: Do your work effectively but optimize it, never do anything whatever gives you hard time to solve rather take your chances and let it go of other things and relax your mind.

The value of information increases the more opportunities you're going to have to use it. Holy cow, how simple yet I never thought of it explicitly like that.

Very insightful! "You cannot control outcomes. You can control processes".

“When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.” Paulo Coelho

Read the book "Algorithms to Live By" if you are interested in any of these. Highly recommended.

The Book “Algorithms to Live By” is absolutely _superb_ read it if you don’t want to be a “victim” of poor decision-making.

I've had to go through that kind of dealing with perfectionism. Now I don't tend to get as mad when stuff goes less than perfect if I know I've done a good job.

finally someone that is giving real answers and not just a motivational speech :)

"You fail most of the time. But that's the best that you can do."

I like the way he sounded natural in his presentation. Making use of less technical terms (like strategy in place of algorithm) to explain computer science principles in the simplest way.

I like this guy. He's clearly an introvert and that story about his wife was just so precious

Of course, basic logic should be applied to life decision. Or, put it the other way, bottom lines/basic requirements. When buying a house, your budget, value (housing price), school district (since people tends to like good school district), distance to work place, your taste of house style, neighborhood, locations, etc., always serve as a guideline. When going to restaurant, your health conditions will dictate first. After/within all these logic/guidelines, human beings have something called feelings/mood. The important thing is that if you do not go with your feelings ever, you will most likely feel unhappy anyways. I believe that this (feeling/mood/happiness) is something computer will really have tough time to catch up with, if ever, since it is really difficult to quantify, even statistically. The topic is interesting.

I just love this channel so much.

That was a realy good talk

Great talk. Going with your gut all the time is not smart and I have seen people who run on emotion all the time causing not only harm to themselves but to others. The optimal solution is also bad since nothing is optimal in absolute terms. What is optimal for you now is most probably sub-optimal for someone else and actually sub-optimal for your later in life. The strategies for the possible and most practical is the best life has to offer. Everything in moderation and nothing to excess is a good time proven algorithm especially as you get older and have less time to waste. Best is the enemy of good enough. Having too many options is like having no option or being mathematically guaranteed to arrive at the worst option since you cannot be rational with information overload. Again, this is a very good talk.

OMG! This talk was enlightening to me 🤩

Brilliant, it's a very good talk.

Ty so much .. u will never know how much u just helped me

Great video. I learned a lot from watching it.

Thank you

Great talk

Algorithms to Live By is written by him and offers these types of solutions in various other areas of life.

This is a good TED Talk

It's very good I injoy everything in this.

Funny talk, thank you!

Our gut and intuition - PRICELESS

Was a very informative talk

Liked the Explore/exploit strategy

Thanks

so amazing

A random pile of paper is the best example of organised things in the order of how recently you've used it from top to bottom.Damn!

Awesome !!

Exactly shat i needed

4:45, 6:28, 7:50, 8:57 The “last accessed” strategy doesn’t work w/ sentimental items you bring out rarely to feel intense emotion

Fantastic

Author of one of the best books ever

Apparently, this Ted Talk was really useful.

شكرا للمترجمين

You see, we humans have feelings, and we relate those feelings to our objects that we own, thats why it’s hard to choose which one to keep, for me it’s not just a matter of space or organizing

good job

Wow that got super deep

The magic 8 ball works fine

I'm only 37% satisfied with this talk..

powerful.

If I LOVE this video what else will I like? (the Ted-ed How to manage time I also love) 💕

Damn, I like it, I always trying to think like this

He isn't boring his optimal PREACH ON BROTHER

I like this.

Interesting points... "Just as being in motion is the test of life, so being stationary is the test of death and when a moving object stops it retrogrades. To stop means to fall. When a tree stops giving fruit it decays." ~ Baha'i Faith

Does he have a book? Would love to read a more indepth version of this very small glimpse.

Big fan Tom

for computational decisicions you need data, previous best practices and council, sometimes both ways are good and it is even WURSCHT which you way you choose.

what about follow your gut? Served me well so far

That is a good talk

Gotta love how that food imaged was sourced by "Insatiable Munchies"

37% rule has a flaw - it makes 2 assumptions: 1. you **don’t** have time to consider 100 houses. 2. you **do** have time to consider 37 houses. So what if you have 1000 houses? then the rule has to be the 3.7% rule by necessity

The best time to watch a video about making better decisions is right now... While I'm watching KZfaq videos when I'm supposed to be doing homework.

The one AND ONLY formula to subscribe to , to live by, to learn in life is: " To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction!" Making, obtaining massive wealth is NOT success! Peace and Love

Watching video about how to make better decisions *Leave homework*

I heard of a method to reduce your wardrobe by hanging all your clothes backwards, then only hang it normally after you wear it. After 1 year, remove all the clothing that’s still hanging backwards since it was unused through all the seasons.

Maybe being rational is to admit that there is no flawless decision.

He hasn't learned to follow his heart in making his decisions. And he hasn't learned to make a decision without thinking about 100 possible alternatives that might be out there. Usually two or three alternatives pops into your mind when you are going to do something, and you go with one of them. You pick the alternative that makes you happy and/or what you feel like doing in the moment. Regarding buying a property or a flat, you decide what you want to buy and where you want to buy it, roughly. Then you just go looking at different one's until you come to the place where you feel at home (the feeling it like: Yes, this is it! I wanna live here. This is mine!). You just know that this is the right place for you to live. Off course it has to be within your means, therefore you don't go looking at those properties or flats you can't afford to buy. Keep looking until you just know it is the right place for you. Be confident that you will find it. Your thinking is important. It might take some time, but you will find it. Your feelings will tell you what you want, if you learn how to listen to them. That is why it is recommended by many to: Follow you heart. What do I choose? Follow your heart. Just like you did when you chose your wife. I assume you followed your heart then, and not your intellect. This goes for almost anything else you have to choose from in life too. Trying to do it like a computer would do it will just make the decisions harder and it will take much more time than necessary. And I think it will more often than not be the wrong choice for you. Your feelings will tell you what you want. Regarding choosing what items to keep if you don't have enough space for everything, this might be the best question you can ask yourself: Which items is it that I can not live without? And if you have space for more than that, ask yourself which items could I be needing the most in the future. And don't forget that items can be fixed and they can reappear as a totally new item if you are a creative thinker and a bit handy.

That's what im doing everyday, my mayjor is CS :))

Brilliant👏

Brilliant! Next: ways to make better decisions - by thinking like an economist. Will probably be a lot longer.

The talk was great. I don't understand the 37%rule. But the explore-exploit trade-off was a good advice. And the last accessed principle was a bit obvious. The failing most of the time, and that's the best that people can do thing was a bit cold and a computer like.

*only applies if you don't have big preferences or obvious priorities*

"You can't control the outcomes, just the processes" :)))

This talk makes sense because this guy actually is a robot.

Good

Deciding on whether to watch this video till the end or not..

37% happens to be 1/e. How is this optimal % derived?

Don’t think, just feel.

always pick B in multiple choice questions.

37% explore phase/exploit phase (eg. bb & older ppl eating, looking for room) think like computer and optimize ur decision

The voice of this cyborg is so articulated.

Your brain has two sides. The should I side and the should I not side. Your heart contains similar cells to brain cells but is not divided. Therefore it is never in conflict. Don’t think. Focus on your heart, touch the area of your heart and ask the question. There you will find the answer that is right for you.

Can anyone tell me the conclusion of this talk? I shut it off after 4:22 which is 37% of this video

wow

we are a living computer!!

Magic conch says “37%”

rebooted computer, was thinking about this question exactly, open youtube, here is this video, what!?

Great... Now I know this and won't be able to unknow it!

oooo fun

Without failure, you wouldn't have the incentive to succeed.

this guys brain is HUUUGGEEE!!!

*I am learning now how trying to optimize decisions made in a busy adult life can be non-sustainably exhausting. Sure, taking some time upfront to optimize your habits is pretty effective, and sometimes your Average Joe gets so blatantly cheated on things that taking even a second to think about what you're doing can reap easy benefits, but many problems are both infrequently countered and infinitely complex, making the ideal solution... elusive?*

But... if you are on holidays, and don't explore, because you don't have much time there... does that not lessen your chance of learning something new/ developing your knowledge of the place? I know you could easily go to a bad restaurant etc... but isn't that what choice is all about?

He looks the same as CMilk86 youtuber

Does he relate to Andy Griffiths the writer?

10:48

Ohh, great

oh magic conch shell, what do we need to do?

you only need one: your intuition

The decision to laugh politely seems to have been influenced before the talk.

Always study to get all answers right in a multiple choice 😂🙈