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 twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent."--Financial Times

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - Boston Globe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553418831
• ISBN13: 9780553418835
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"

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.