Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy
by O'Neil, Cathy (Author)
Summary
We live in the age of the algorithm. 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. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: everyone is judge... Full description
- 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.