In this episode, Lloyd and Geoff continue their conversation regarding the viewpoint that life itself may be properly conceived of as a convex optimization problem. They touch upon a number of interesting philosophical concepts and also give proper kudos to acclaimed Yale Professor, Dr. Laurie Santos, whose class, The Science of Well-Being, and podcast, The Happiness Lab, are highly recommended for anyone interested in the topic.
Episode Guide:

2:15 - Optimization in Everyday Life: A Bottom-Up Analysis
11:06 - Mistaking Local Extrema for Global Extrema
13:27 - The Hedonic Treadmill & Pursuing Goals
18:02 - Evolution by Natural Optimization
22:07 - The Science of Well-Being 
28:48 - Being Happy vs. Becoming Happy
29:50 - Framing, Expectations, & Energy Constraints
34:31 - The Advantage of Life as an Optimization Problem
41:08 - A Segue Into GOFAI & AGI
44:50 - Closing Thoughts


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