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		ffhhj on April 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Algorithms for Decision Making [pdf] Not a book, but I really like the "Moneyball" movie (2013) for that reason. They design an algorithm and use it to manage a team.

jfoutz on April 23, 2022 [–]

It was actually a book first! I enjoyed all of Michael Lewis's books that I read.

The book goes into more details around, well, a lot of things.

macintux on April 23, 2022 | [–]

I read the book before seeing the movie; as is often the case, you’re better off doing it the other way around so you can better enjoy the film.

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