"Algorithm" is a buzzword that gets thrown around a lot these days by Silicon Valley types and *ahem* tech writers. At its most basic, though, an algorithm is simply a set of instructions or rules to be followed to achieve a desired outcome or solve a problem. You use them all day long. It's so easy a 6-year-old could understand it. In fact, this one does. Watch Harvard Computer Science Professor @davidjmalan discuss how even a bedtime routine is a sort of algorithm. Then tap the 🔗 in our bio t