51 books
—
37 voters
Siying
https://www.goodreads.com/siyingliu
“Seemingly innocuous language like 'Oh, I'm flexible' or 'What do you want to do tonight?' has a dark computational underbelly that should make you think twice. It has the veneer of kindness about it, but it does two deeply alarming things. First, it passes the cognitive buck: 'Here's a problem, you handle it.' Second, by not stating your preferences, it invites the others to simulate or imagine them. And as we have seen, the simulation of the minds of others is one of the biggest computational challenges a mind (or machine) can ever face.”
― Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
― Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
“My father, who lived to ninety-four, often said that the eighties had been one of the most enjoyable decades of his life. He felt, as I begin to feel, not a shrinking but an enlargement of mental life and perspective. One has had a long experience of life, not only one’s own life, but others’ too. One has seen triumphs and tragedies, booms and busts, revolutions and wars, great achievements and deep ambiguities. One has seen grand theories rise, only to be toppled by stubborn facts. One is more conscious of transience and, perhaps, of beauty. At eighty, one can take a long view and have a vivid, lived sense of history not possible at an earlier age. I can imagine, feel in my bones, what a century is like, which I could not do when I was forty or sixty. I do not think of old age as an ever grimmer time that one must somehow endure and make the best of, but as a time of leisure and freedom, freed from the factitious urgencies of earlier days, free to explore whatever I wish, and to bind the thoughts and feelings of a lifetime together. I am looking forward to being eighty.”
― Gratitude
― Gratitude
“Have faith in yourself, but also have faith in faith. Not faith as others define it. Faith as you define it. Faith as faith defines itself in your heart. In”
― Shoe Dog
― Shoe Dog
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”
― Shoe Dog
― Shoe Dog
“The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us, ladies and gentlemen. Us.”
― Shoe Dog
― Shoe Dog
Entrepreneur's Book Club
— 187 members
— last activity Nov 11, 2021 09:58AM
A place to learn and share ideas, tips, book recommendations and help everyone succeed.
Chinese readers
— 118 members
— last activity Jun 16, 2023 06:08PM
在这里,我们一起读书,一起学习,结识新朋友,透过书本感知这个世界的魅力,现实,精彩,以及我们可以付出的努力。希望这里成为一个乐园,为所有的读书人。。。
Dune Read-Along
— 150 members
— last activity Jul 19, 2020 06:53AM
Frank Herbert’s Dune is one of the most beloved and bestselling sci-fi novels of all time – and soon to be a major motion picture (again)! Whether you ...more
Read With Jenna (Official)
— 33266 members
— last activity 2 hours, 24 min ago
When anyone on the TODAY team is looking for a book recommendation, there is only one person to turn to: Jenna Bush Hager. Jenna will select a book a ...more
Siying’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Siying’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Siying
Lists liked by Siying




























































