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A review by manaledi
Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks
4.0
This is what I want out of mass-market academic non-fiction - I learned in depth about a topic I'd only thought about perfunctorily, it made me think and reassess some of my own assumptions, and it was readable. The presentation of the "digital poorhouse" and the way that algorithms and high tech surveillance tools across healthcare, housing, and child welfare helped bring home the dark side of tech "solutions."
If you're interested in this intersection of poverty/tech/inequality, I'd also recommend: [b:Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism|34762552|Algorithms of Oppression How Search Engines Reinforce Racism|Safiya Umoja Noble|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492944248l/34762552._SX50_.jpg|55962260] and [b:Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America|34196061|Not a Crime to Be Poor The Criminalization of Poverty in America|Peter Edelman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1501512809l/34196061._SX50_.jpg|55233029].
If you're interested in this intersection of poverty/tech/inequality, I'd also recommend: [b:Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism|34762552|Algorithms of Oppression How Search Engines Reinforce Racism|Safiya Umoja Noble|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492944248l/34762552._SX50_.jpg|55962260] and [b:Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America|34196061|Not a Crime to Be Poor The Criminalization of Poverty in America|Peter Edelman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1501512809l/34196061._SX50_.jpg|55233029].