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259 pages • first pub 2016 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141985411
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Edition Pub Date: 06 September 2016
Weapons of Math Destruction suits readers who relish an eye-opening, medium-paced exposé that challenges their assumptions about fairness and power by showing how supposedly neutral tools quietly shape everyday opportunities.
Description
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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Moods
informative: 98%
reflective: 38%
challenging: 28%
dark: 10%
sad: 7%
inspiring: 6%
hopeful: 4%
tense: 3%
adventurous: 1%
funny: 1%
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Graphic
Racism, AbleismModerate
Xenophobia, Violence, Police brutalityMinor
Child death, Homophobia, Domestic abuse259 pages • first pub 2016 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141985411
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Edition Pub Date: 06 September 2016
Weapons of Math Destruction suits readers who relish an eye-opening, medium-paced exposé that challenges their assumptions about fairness and power by showing how supposedly neutral tools quietly shape everyday opportunities.
Description
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...
Community Reviews
Moods
informative: 98%
reflective: 38%
challenging: 28%
dark: 10%
sad: 7%
inspiring: 6%
hopeful: 4%
tense: 3%
adventurous: 1%
funny: 1%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racism, AbleismModerate
Xenophobia, Violence, Police brutalityMinor
Child death, Homophobia, Domestic abuse