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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,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Crown, [2016]
Physical Description: x, 259 pages ; 22 cm.
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.
Big data -- Social aspects.
Big data -- Political aspects.
Economic indicators -- Mathematical models -- Moral and ethical aspects.
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
United States -- Social conditions.
Online Access: Author's website
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