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Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy Cover Image Book Book

Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / Cathy O'Neil.

O'Neil, Cathy, (author.).

Summary:

"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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Subject: Big data > Social aspects > United States.
Big data > Political aspects > United States.
Social indicators > Mathematical models > Moral and ethical aspects.
Democracy > United States.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.

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