Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B019B6VCLO |
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| Number of Pages | : | 151 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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E. Cathy O'Neil is a data scientist and author of the blog mathbabe. . O’Neil started the Lede Program in Data Journalism at Columbia and is the author of Doing Data Science. She is currently a columnist for Bloomberg View. She then worked as a data scientist at various start-ups, building models that predict people’s purchases a
Stop Using Math as a Weapon So here you are on Amazon's web page, reading about Cathy O'Neil's new book, Weapons of Math Destruction. Amazon hopes you buy the book (and so do I, it's great!). But Amazon also hopes it can sell you some other books while you're here. That's why, in a prominent place on the page, you see a section entitled:Customers Who Bought This Item Also BoughtThis section is Amazon's way of using what it knows -- which book you're looking at, and sales da. CodeMaster Talon said "They back up their analysis with reams of statistics, which give them the studied air of evenhanded science.". I struggled with the star rating for this book. There are certainly aspects of the work that merit five stars. And it is VERY thought-provoking, like a good book should be. But there are flaws, significant ones, with the biggest flaw being a glaring over-simplification of many of the systems that O'Neil decries in the book. I don't know if O'Neil has personally ever had to take a psychology test to get a job, worked under the Kronos scheduling sy. "WMD offered insights into some of the threats posed by Big Data" according to Tim. The book looks at the black box algorithms and their misuses. It starts strong, but becomes a repeat of the same story line in late chapters. It definitely gave background of the dangers of Big Data in a number of industries, and painted the grim picture of how this is impacting society today.I am a high school statistics teacher and this afforded me the opportunity to engage my students in discussions of ethics related to many situations found i
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. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change.— Longlist for National Book Award (Non-Fiction)— Goodreads, semi-finalist for the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards (Science and Technology)— Kirkus, Best Books of 2016— New York Times, 100 Notable Books of 2016 (Non-Fiction)— The Guardian, Best Books of 2016— WBUR's "On Point," Best Books of 2016: Staff Picks— Boston Globe, Best Books of 2016, Non-Fiction. But in the end, it’s up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives. Most trou
An unusually lucid and readable look at the daunting algorithms that govern so many aspects of our lives.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred) “Even as a professional mathematician, I had no idea how insidious Big Data could be until I read Weapons of Math Destruction. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2016A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016One of Wired's Required Reading Picks of 2016One of Fortune's Favorite Books of 2016A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016A Nature Best Book of 2016An On Point Best Book of 2016New York Times Editor's ChoiceA Maclean's BestsellerWinner of the 20