O’Neil leverages her experience as a data analyst to discuss the ways that big data affect the realms of education, criminal justice, and insurance. Simply put, the information can deeply impact people’s choices and, more specifically, negatively affect disadvantaged populations. The author narrates this production in a clear, matter-of-fact tone that comes at a fast clip. Her voice engages listeners throughout the production, particularly when she uses emphasis to stress the importance of her message. Her prose and narration blend well to express the necessity to deliberate the perils of an increasingly quantified world that lacks checks and balances. L.E. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
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
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“A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent.”-Financial Times
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST ¿*NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY*The New York Times Book Review*¿ The*Boston Globe ¿ Wired*¿*Fortune*¿*Kirkus Reviews*¿*The Guardian*¿*Nature*¿*On Point
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We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives-where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance-are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules.
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But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O'Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination-propping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.
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“A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent.”-Financial Times
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST ¿*NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY*The New York Times Book Review*¿ The*Boston Globe ¿ Wired*¿*Fortune*¿*Kirkus Reviews*¿*The Guardian*¿*Nature*¿*On Point
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We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives-where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance-are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules.
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But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O'Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination-propping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
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*¿ The*Boston Globe ¿ Wired*¿*Fortune*¿*Kirkus Reviews*¿*The Guardian*¿*Nature*¿*On Point
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We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives-where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance-are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules.
*
But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O'Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination-propping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.
*
“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*¿ The*Boston Globe ¿ Wired*¿*Fortune*¿*Kirkus Reviews*¿*The Guardian*¿*Nature*¿*On Point
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We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives-where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance-are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules.
*
But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O'Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination-propping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.
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BN ID: | 2940171877804 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
Publication date: | 09/06/2016 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Sales rank: | 975,690 |
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