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Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / Cathy O'Neil

By: Publisher: New York : Crown, 2016Description: x, 259 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780141985411 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.7 ONE
Contents:
Table of 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.
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Table of 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.