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Coco Krumme is an applied mathematician and writer whose research spans modeling, systems theory, and the philosophy of optimization. She holds degrees from MIT and has worked in both academia and industry, exploring how quantitative thinking influences human decision-making and societal structures.
Known for: Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization
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Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization
In this thought-provoking work, mathematician Coco Krumme examines the cultural and historical roots of optimization, tracing how the pursuit of efficiency and perfection has shaped modern life. Through engaging narratives and interdisciplinary insights, she reveals the hidden costs of our obsession with optimization and argues for a more balanced approach to progress and human flourishing.
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Historical Roots
To understand our collective fixation on optimization, we must begin with its roots. The story starts not in Silicon Valley but in the Enlightenment, when reason and calculation emerged as new gods of progress. In that era, thinkers like Newton and Descartes transformed nature into something quantif...
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Mathematical Foundations
As a mathematician, I see optimization not merely as an abstraction but as one of our most powerful intellectual inventions. The mathematics of optimization grew out of calculus—methods to find maxima and minima, to balance competing variables. Later, linear programming and dynamic optimization mode...
From Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization
About Coco Krumme
Coco Krumme is an applied mathematician and writer whose research spans modeling, systems theory, and the philosophy of optimization. She holds degrees from MIT and has worked in both academia and industry, exploring how quantitative thinking influences human decision-making and societal structures.
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