Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the mathematical models that threaten to rip apart our social fabric--with a new afterword "A manual for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553418815
• ISBN13: 9780553418811
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great read

My favorite book on the subject. Easy to read and informative.

Great book on algorithms and the harm they can cause

I really liked it. It's an in-depth look at some of the algorithms that influence our lives, the assumptions they're based on, and why those assumptions ultimately end up causing harm. We all ought to be a bit more critical of the machines running our lives and Cathy O'Neil does a good job explaining why. Read this if you're interested in Privacy and/or Data Science.