Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil

Weapons of Math Destruction

Cathy O'Neil

259 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics politics science technology challenging informative medium-paced
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A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling—a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality. We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our li...

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