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Aristotle & Dantzig: How a 2000 year old ethos aligns with 20th century mathematics

Blog: For Practitioners by Practitioners!

This post is about a bridge between Aristotelian ethics and George Dantzig’s work. Here is where these two great thinkers align:
– Aristotle: Practical wisdom is the ability to deliberate well about what is possible.
– Dantzig: Optimization is the discipline of finding what is best(subject to what is possible = the constraints) Link