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• began to realize that the algorithms could do amazing things even if they had no explicit objective—maybe even more amazing than the ones that did have an objective.
• I started to realize that the insight wasn’t just about algorithms, but also about life.
• The first part of the book (the first nine chapters) constructs the main argument against objectives and provides general evidence for their cost in a number of areas of life and society.
• Now, in his heart, Ahab had some glimpse of this, namely: all my means are sane, my motive and my object mad. Herman Melville, Moby Dick
• dominance of objectives