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O'Neil, Cathy.
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Big data -- Social aspects.
Big data -- Political aspects.
Social indicators -- Mathematical models -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Democracy -- United States.
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Big data -- Social aspects.
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Social indicators -- Mathematical models -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Democracy -- United States.
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / Cathy O'Neil.
by
O'Neil, Cathy.
Crown, [2016]
Call #:
303.4833 O58w
Subjects
Big data
--
Social
aspects
.
Big data
--
Political
aspects
.
Social
indicators
--
Mathematical
models
--
Moral
and
ethical
aspects
.
Democracy
--
United States.
United States
--
Social
conditions
--
21st century.
ISBN:
9780553418811 (hc.)
9780553418835 (pbk.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
x, 259 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-252) and index.
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.
Summary:
A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on
mathematical
modeling, a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality. The
models
being used today are opaque, unregulated, and uncontestable, even when they're wrong. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data. Tracing the arc of a person's life, O'Neil exposes the black box
models
that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These 'weapons of math destruction' score teachers and students, sort résumés, grant (or deny) loans, evaluate workers, target voters, set parole, and monitor our health. O'Neil calls on modelers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use.
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