Book Banter: Weapons Of Math Destruction

Power in the Pandemic

English - April 16, 2018 15:11 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Oxfam researchers Franziska Mager and Deborah Hardoon review 'Weapons of Math Destruction' by Cathy O'Neil, a book which describes the way that big data is being used to affect every aspect of our lives, leading to bias which increases inequality and threatens democracy.