Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy

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

Author/creator	O'Neil, Cathy author.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New York : Crown, [2016]
Description	1 online resource (x, 252 pages)
Supplemental Content	Ebook Central
Subject(s)	Big data--Social aspects --United States. Big data--Political aspects --United States. Social indicators--Mathematical models --Moral and ethical aspects. Democracy--United States. United States--Social conditions --21st century.

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.
Abstract	"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"--NoveList.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Source of description	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 19, 2020).
Issued in other form	Print version: O'Neil, Cathy. Weapons of math destruction. First edition. New York : Crown, [2016] 9780553418811
LCCN	2016016487
ISBN	9780553418828 electronic book
ISBN	0553418823 electronic book
ISBN	hardcover
ISBN	hardcover
ISBN	paperback
ISBN	paperback
Stock number	CBA70924-C13D-4762-A689-A5B604529950 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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