Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / Cathy O'Neil.
"A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling, a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality,"--NoveList.
Item details
- ISBN: 9780553418811
- ISBN: 0553418815
- ISBN: 9780553418835
- ISBN: 0553418831
- Physical Description: x, 259 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, [2016]
Contents / Notes
Formatted Contents Note: | Bomb Parts: What Is a Model? -- Shell Shocked: My Journey of Disillusionment -- Arms Race: Going to College -- Propaganda Machine: Online Advertising -- Civilian Casualties: Justice in the Age of Big Data -- Ineligible to Serve: Getting a Job -- Sweating Bullets: On the Job -- Collateral Damage: Landing Credit -- No Safe Zone: Getting Insurance -- The Targeted Citizen: Civic Life. |
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