#309: What ML Can Teach Us About Life: 7 Lessons

Machine learning and data science are full of best practices and important workflows. Can we extrapolate these to our broader lives? Eugene Yan and I give it a shot on this slightly more philosophical episode of Talk Python To Me. The seven lessons: 1. Data cleaning: Assess what you consume 2. Low vs. high signal data: Seek to disconfirm and update 3. Explore-Exploit: Balance for greater long-term reward 4. Transfer Learning: Books and papers are cheat codes 5. Iterations: Find reps you can tolerate, and iterate fast 6. Overfitting: Focus on intuition and keep learning 7. Ensembling: Diversity is strength Full show notes at https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/309/what-ml-can-teach-us-about-life-7-lessons