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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction
Technological advances are often lauded as unbiased and fair. But in Weapons of Math Destruction (2016), data scientist Cathy O'Neil posits that the opposite is true. Today's world is largely ruled by mathematical algorithms that decide most aspects of life, from education to work, insurance to elections. Existing models have proven to be harmful. They promote inequalities by favoring the wealthy and the privileged and pushing minorities and poor people further down. These models, by being invisible, unregulated, and indisputable, form Weapons of Math Destruction fueled by the Big Data that could divide the world even more if left unchecked.