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#38 Ali Almossawi: Thinking in Algorithms

2018/8/8
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Ali Almossawi: 在访谈中，Ali Almossawi 分享了他对算法思维、同理心和社交媒体的独特见解。他认为，不同的媒介（如网站和书籍）会改变受众的预期和互动方式，书籍的互动性更强，但网站内容更易迭代更新。他谈到自己创作书籍的经验，以及如何平衡书籍的商业化和开源项目的持续维护。他提到自己正在创作一本关于同理心的书，并探讨了算法思维与同理心之间的关系，认为同理心不仅体现在人际交往中，也体现在设计和编程等领域。他强调了尊重时间的重要性，并分享了他如何利用日常通勤时间进行思考和创作。他还谈到了自己对社交媒体的看法，认为社交媒体既有益处也有成本，需要权衡利弊，并分享了自己在社交媒体上的使用习惯。 Shane Parrish: Shane Parrish 在访谈中引导 Ali Almossawi 阐述其观点，并提出一些发人深省的问题，例如算法思维与同理心的关系，以及社交媒体对个人和社会的影响。他与 Ali Almossawi 就书籍创作、时间管理、同理心培养等话题进行了深入探讨，并最终提出一个哲学性的问题，即如果让全世界的人们在晚餐时讨论一个话题，那会是什么话题？

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Ali discusses how his understanding of publishing has changed, particularly the shift from digital to print media and the different dynamics this creates between the creator and the audience.

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My guest for this short episode of The Knowledge Project is a man who wears many hats.

Ali Almossawi is a San Francisco-based author of books on critical thinking and computer science education, and the creator of An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments. He is also a principal engineer at Apple and was formerly employed as a data visualization engineer by Mozilla.

His books have been read by 3 million readers, translated into 20 languages, and have sold over a quarter million copies in print.

This interview is only 20 minutes along, but there was a lot I wanted to cover, so we move pretty fast. Specifically, we cover:

The unique format Ali chooses when writing a book to help people understand the concepts more deeply The place for empathy in algorithmic thinking and how we can be more empathetic in our daily interactions with each other Ali’s note taking process and how he tracks the ideas and topics he’d like to explore Ali’s daily routine and the “algorithms” he uses to make the most of his day The single habit that has the most profound impact on Ali’s day to day The cost/benefit of sharing on social media and the impact it has on society as a whole

And more.

If you’ve ever wanted to improve the way you process information, think more clearly and make better decisions, you won’t want to miss this interview.

 

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