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Weapons of math destruction how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy

We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives (where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance) are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: everyone is judge...

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Main Author: O'Neil, Cathy (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Big data > Social aspects > United States.
Big data > Political aspects > United States.
Big data > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Social indicators > Mathematical models > Moral and ethical aspects.
Democracy > United States.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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