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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Weapons of Math Destruction How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Author: Cathy O'Neil
ISBN-13: 9780553418835
ISBN-10: 0553418831
Publication Date: 9/5/2017
Pages: 288
Edition: Reprint
Rating:
  • Currently 4.7/5 Stars.
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4.7 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Broadway Books
Book Type: Paperback
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A book with "math" in the title that doesn't have equations? This book is about how models are used and mostly misued. The author is a mathematician who used to work at a hedge fund and as a data scientist at a start up offering models to predict the behavior of internet shoppers. She had a change of heart, because this book is full of examples of how Big Data is evil.